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ASCII Corporation, Ltd. was a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded in 1977, originating as the Japanese sales office of Microsoft, though its partnership with the company ended in 1986 upon the formation of Microsoft Japan.
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The extracted context around ASCII Corporation shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, ASCII Corporation → ASCII, Before, Despite Microsoft's, Hudson Soft, It, Japan, Japanese, June, Kazuhiko Nishi, Konami, Microsoft, Microsoft Japan, MSX, MSX-based, Nintendo's Family Computer, Nishi, The Metal Gear, United States Another extracted example is ASCII Corporation → Derby Stallion series, Monthly ASCII, MSX, RPG Maker series. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 52 structured relationships around ASCII Corporation. Examples in this analysis include ASCII Corporation → Area served → Japan and ASCII Corporation → Defunct → March 31, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-03-31). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCII Corporation | Area served | Japan | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Defunct | March 31, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-03-31) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Fate | Merged with MediaWorks | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Formerly | ASCII Publishing Co., Ltd. (1977—1982) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Founded | May 24, 1977; 49 years ago (1977-05-24) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Founder | Kazuhiko Nishi | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Founder | Akio Gunji | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Founder | Keiichiro Tsukamoto | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Industry | Video games | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Key people | Kiyoshi Takano (president) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Key people | Tatsuo Sato (chairman) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Native name | 株式会社アスキー | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Number of employees | 197 (2006) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Parent | Sega (1997—2004) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Parent | Kadokawa Group Holdings (2004—2008) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Products | Derby Stallion series | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Products | RPG Maker series | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Products | Monthly ASCII | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Products | MSX | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Revenue | ¥433 million (2006) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Asukī | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Subsidiaries | Astro Arts | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Subsidiaries | Soft Wing | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Successor | Microsoft Japan | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Successor | ASCII Media Works | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Type | Subsidiary | 1.00 | infobox |
| ASCII Corporation | Website | ascii.jp ascii.jp (archived) | 1.00 | infobox |
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For ASCII Corporation, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects ASCII Corporation with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around ASCII Corporation to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — ASCII Corporation · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout