Mozilla Japan
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Mozilla Japan is a limited liability organization
to help promote and deploy Mozilla
products in Japan
.
Mozilla Japan was founded on August 18, 2004. It is independent of the Mozilla Foundation
, but is affiliated with them.
The organization is run by its board of directors, which is made up of Hideo Aiso of the Tokyo Institute of Technology
, Hideyuki Tokuda of Keio University
, Nobuo Kita, Hideki Sunahara of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology
, Satoko Takita (chair) and Joichi Ito of the Mozilla Foundation
.
As well as promoting Mozilla in Japan, the organization is also responsible for the Japanese localisation of Mozilla products, which includes translating and customizing them for a Japanese audience.
to new users in Japan
. Foxkeh is a fox kit with a flame for a tail - a "firefox". The name combines the English word "fox" with the suffix "suke" (すけ; 助, 輔, 介) found in some Japanese male names
. Team Vox is currently running a Vox Banner Contest featuring Foxkeh.http://team.vox.com/library/posts/tags/mozilla+japan+vox+banner+contest/
Godo kaisha
A gōdō gaisha , abbreviated GK, is a type of business organization in Japan modeled after the American limited liability company...
to help promote and deploy Mozilla
Mozilla
Mozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....
products in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Mozilla Japan was founded on August 18, 2004. It is independent of the Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the open source Mozilla project. The organization sets the policies that govern development, operates key infrastructure and controls trademarks and other intellectual property...
, but is affiliated with them.
The organization is run by its board of directors, which is made up of Hideo Aiso of the Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology
The Tokyo Institute of Technology is a public research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Tokyo Tech is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology. Tokyo Tech enrolled 4,850 undergaraduates and 5006 graduate students for 2009-2010...
, Hideyuki Tokuda of Keio University
Keio University
,abbreviated as Keio or Keidai , is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo . It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa...
, Nobuo Kita, Hideki Sunahara of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
, abbreviated to NAIST, , or , is a national university consisting solely of graduate schools in Ikoma, Nara, Japan, founded in 1991. In 2010, NAIST ranked first overall among the 86 Japanese national universities in the first-ever six-year assessment of national university standards and...
, Satoko Takita (chair) and Joichi Ito of the Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the open source Mozilla project. The organization sets the policies that govern development, operates key infrastructure and controls trademarks and other intellectual property...
.
As well as promoting Mozilla in Japan, the organization is also responsible for the Japanese localisation of Mozilla products, which includes translating and customizing them for a Japanese audience.
Foxkeh
is a mascot created by Mozilla Japan to help introduce FirefoxMozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. , Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers...
to new users in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Foxkeh is a fox kit with a flame for a tail - a "firefox". The name combines the English word "fox" with the suffix "suke" (すけ; 助, 輔, 介) found in some Japanese male names
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
. Team Vox is currently running a Vox Banner Contest featuring Foxkeh.http://team.vox.com/library/posts/tags/mozilla+japan+vox+banner+contest/