CommerceNet Affiliate Organization Launched in Japan; U.S. Organization Continues International Outreach Program.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1996--CommerceNet today announced the launch of CommerceNet Japan, a non-profit association dedicated to accelerating Internet-based electronic commerce. CommerceNet Japan, which is backed by a group of major Japanese companies This is a list of companies from Japan. Note that 株式会社 can be (and frequently is) read both kabushiki kaisha and kabushiki gaisha (with or without a hyphen). See that article for more details. , will be the exclusive CommerceNet affiliate in that country. This is the first affiliate organization for the U.S.-based CommerceNet consortium. "Internet electronic commerce must be global if the benefits are to be fully realized," said Cathy Medich, executive director of the U.S. organization. "The Japanese and U.S. economies are linked in many ways, and the adoption of Internet electronics in these two key economies will help stimulate development of new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. and create new opportunities for adopting Internet-based electronic commerce throughout the world's economy." Jun-ichiro Miyazu, senior executive vice president, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (日本電信電話株式会社 Corporation (NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform ), and the newly-appointed president of CommerceNet Japan added, "We are pleased to be affiliated with the pioneer organization for Internet electronic commerce in the world. Through close collaboration with the U.S, organization, we will be able to exchange the results of our respective pilots, more effectively create new global programs, and accelerate the adoption of electronic commerce in both societies." Like its U.S. counterpart, CommerceNet Japan will also establish working groups and conduct pilot projects to promote electronic commerce. Members of CommerceNet Japan will participate in CommerceNet activities and will receive reports from CommerceNet's working groups and other projects, some of which will be translated into Japanese. The new Japanese organization plans to hold joint workshops with the U.S. organization, create joint electronic commerce pilots involving U.S. and Japanese firms, and educate the market about the results of its work through seminars and newsletters. CommerceNet Japan was created by a group of major Japanese organizations that included Cyberbusiness Association Japan, Fujitsu Limited, The Japan Research Institute, Limited, Justsystem Corporation, Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd.(KDD KDD Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (International Conference) KDD Knowledge Discovery in Databases KDD Kokusai Denshin Denwa (Japan) KDD Key Distribution Device ), Mitsubishi Corporation Mitsubishi Corporation (三菱商事株式会社 , NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation (company) Toshiba Corporation - A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, . CommerceNet Japan can be reached temporarily on the World Wide Web at http://www.commercenet.ntt.jp. About CommerceNet CommerceNet, headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., is a consortium of nearly 150 companies and organizations whose charter is to accelerate the use of the Internet for electronic commerce applications. Consortium members include leading companies in the electronics, computer, financial services and information service industries, and other companies and organizations committed to electronic commerce. Information about CommerceNet can be obtained by calling 415/617-8790, sending e-mail to info@commerce.net, or visiting CommerceNet's Internet site at http://www.commerce.net. CONTACT: Corman/Croel Marketing & Communications Patrick Corman, 415/326-9648 corman@cerf.net Lisa Croel, 415/326-0487 lcroel@mediacity.com |
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