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When you don't want to waste precious time hunting and searching for your software, hardware, or IT-related products, eAnken (from Layer-8.com) can provide you with the fastest and most efficient way out of your problems. As an eAnken client, you will receive direct assistance from any or all of Layer-8.com's 1,000 Solution Providers, aimed at your individual requirements.
Clients, who use eAnken free of charge, send their requests to eAnken's registered Providers. Your request is disclosed anonymously, so that you can inquire into finding solutions freely, knowing that your valuable, competitive intelligence will remain only with you.
The term eAnken can be interpreted in many ways in Japanese. An anken is a project, and e, besides being an abbreviation of "electronic," means "good" when spelled ii. Considering that eAnken makes corporate connections that might otherwise never have occurred, there is considerable reason to believe that eAnken is most suitably named, and is indeed the "good project" it professes to be.
Many small- and medium-sized businesses in Japan simply do not have sufficient capital to effectively publicize their products and solutions. Conversely, there are many clients in Japan and around the world that seek the services of these cutting-edge businesses, but without the time and/or resources to investigate fully, they cannot get ahold of these companies. It is this breakdown in B2B communication that eAnken hopes to restore.
The Solution Providers benefit from a much greater exposure to potential clients than they would have if they were acting alone, as every relevant client's request will be made visible to them, thus greatly expanding their potential sales. The Clients greatly benefit from an efficient, cost-effective way to make their needs known. By using eAnken, not only will users spend comparatively much less time searching for potential solution providers, and repeatedly describing the problem to which they require a solution, but they will receive many, easily comparable proposals from a variety of companies, allowing them to select the most suitable solution based on their individual taste and budget.
Foreign-based Venture Capitalists are not always exposed to the latest, "hot" companies before they truly take off. Japan leads the world in many technology fields, including wireless devices, game technology, and consumer electronics. In the following pages, eAnken is happy to showcase a few of our "hot" Solution Providers, mainly, but not exclusively, focusing on computer hardware, software, mobile phone devices, and web technology. Enjoy!
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| Y-THREE inc.
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Prem Minami-Aoyama Building
4-20-19 Minami-Aoyama
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
Tel: +81-3-5775-2516
Fax: +81-3-5775-2517
URL: www.y-three.co.jp
Contact Person: Tetsuya Yamamoto
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Company Profile
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• Web solution, consultation
• Construction of network communication
• Internet/Intranet system development
• Web Contents planning & Interface Design
• Application package development
Main Products/Services:
Our services have been rated very highly. These include system planning through the linkage of databases with Windows NT, Solaris, and Linux as well as the development of Cold Fusion, the web development tool. Now, we are being active with development operations that utilize Spectra, XML, JAVA, etc. We are always on the forefront of technology.
Established: April 4, 1990
President: Tetsuya Yamamoto
Capital: 20 million yen
Number of Employees: 20
Annual Sales: 170 million yen
Investor, Percentage of Investment: Tetsuya Yamamoto, 85%
Affiliated Companies:None
Public Stock Offering:Not Yet
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With the fusion of technology and design in the IT field, we aim for better communicative structure. From business plan proposals, system development, and design to consultation of web-related issues ... we do it all. Based on our broad-based technology and organizational stance as a Strategic Internet Professional Service (SIPS), we provide the best solution to our clients.
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J & T Systems K.K.
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Wistaria Building 2F
4-13-46 Ohsu
Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0011
Tel: +81-52-252-5999
Fax: +81-52-252-7911
URL: www.jt-sys.co.jp
Contact Person: George Kiyota
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Company History
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April 1996 - preparation for establishment
November 1996 - established J & T Systems
March 1997-changed to an incorporated company of 2 employees
March 1998 - established Tokyo branch office and tied up with an Indian company & a NY research company
March 2000 - 9 employees
Main Products/Services:
Systems support, Web-related business operations, i-mode site support, server rental & hosting services
Established: March 26, 1997
President: Toyoharu Kiyota
Capital: 10 million yen
Number of Employees: 15 (as of August 2000)
Annual Sales: Closed
Investor, Percentage of Investment:
George Kiyota, 83%
Toyoharu Kiyota, 17%
Affiliated Companies: None
Public Stock Offering: Not Yet
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Not Yet
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Why Are We Hot?
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We have managed people from various industries for
10 years, creating a fusion of different skills (network party).
This enabled us to tie up with the companies from India
and New York. We started managing an i-mode site
for publicizing a Restaurant & Bar in Nagoya called nishiki3.com.
We support an Open Source (Free UNIX) users group
and organized a related study group. We are currently
expanding our business through mutual cooperation and M&A.
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| WEB
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| Apogee Japan, Inc.
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Corp Van 1F
Hatsudai 1-31-12
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0061
Tel: +81-3-5351-3558
Fax: +81-3-5351-8919
URL: www.apogee-j.co.jp
Contact Person: Yoshihisa Tsuruoka
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Company Profile |
Construction & management of network systems; Intelligent Network Architect (INA) focusing mainly on internet, intranet, & extranet
Planning & development of i-mode utilized data service for the cellular phone
Network security consulting
System operation of email/web security
Main Products/Services: Construction, design & management of network infrastructure
Established: April 22, 1996
President: Yoshihisa Tsuruoka
Capital: 3.5 million yen
Number of Employees: 3
Annual Sales: 40 million yen
Investor, Percentage of Investment:
Yoshihisa Tsuruoka, 85.7%;
Media Glue Corporation, 14.3%
Affiliated Companies: Media Glue Corporation
Public Stock Offering: Not Yet
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We have established network security with the use of digital ID authentication technology in EC, a routing technique for net-trafficking, a content distribution service (including protection of copyright), and network management (operating 365 days a year). By utilizing your company's network/ infrastructure construction techniques, we guarantee that we'll be an outstanding business partner.
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Ataka Engineering Co., Ltd.
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Office Kurondo Bldg. 7F, 3-108 Issha, Meito-ku, Nagoya 465-0093
Tel: +81-52-709-1616
Fax: +81-52-701-0590
URL: http://kz-net.com
Contact Person: Goushi Yonekura
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Company Profile
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Trading house for high-tech machinery.
Currently planning a spin-off from one of its core net businesses (http://kz-net.com)
Main Products/Services:
Cogwheel-related site: Gear-Net Japan (http://gear-net.com)
Local Community site: –¼“Œƒlƒbƒg(http://meito-net.com)
Search Engine site accompanying all types of cell phones: e-‚¶‚á‚ñ (http://e-jhan.com)
Established: February 1992
President: Kenji Takakura
Capital: 10 million yen
Number of Employees: 6
Annual Sales: 1.4 billion yen
Investor, Percentage of Investment: Kenji Takakura, 50%
Affiliated Companies: None
Public Stock Offering: Not Yet
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Why Are We Hot?
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Our e-‚¶‚á‚ñ site, with a converting program that transcended the standard of our competitors, has been the center of attention in Japan's cell phone scene. It has appeared in major Japanese media: Asahi Shimbun (July 4), The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (July 4), and Nikkei Mobile (July 24). On July 21, we also made a presentation at "The EC Kenkyu-kai" (Society for the Study of EC's), one of the most prominent authorities on Japan's e-commerce.
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| ARTY CORPORATION
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LHOTSE II 203
3-15-4 Toyosaki
Kita-ku, Osaka 531-0072
Tel: +81-6-6373-0447
Fax: +81-6-6374-3503
URL: www.arty.co.jp
Contact Person: Katsuya Ueda
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From Japanese government-related operation sites to consulting of Japan's first-rate companies, we have been the 90s leader in multi-media and information technology. We believe China will play a major role in the 21st century and will relate to Ei-china.com.
Main Products/Services:
• System design, Business Research
• Business Breakthrough
• Relation club (Ei-china) with the Chinese government/companies
Established: March 1988
President: Katsuya Ueda
Capital: 18 million yen
Number of Employees: 4
Annual Sales: 80 million yen
Investor, Percentage of Investment:
Katsuya Ueda, 68%
Affiliated Companies:
Arty Business Consulting (London)
Business Create (Osaka)
Public Stock Offering: Not Yet
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Hardware/Software will not "complete" the IT industry. It is the people -- the human factor -- and the accuracy of information that will be key for the the next generation of businesses. At ARTY, we foresee the future, make long-range plans, and make the necessary decisions. We would like to support businesses by bridging the gap between Japan and China as well as by balancing market relations among Japan, the US, and the EU.
We look forward to meeting investors who are supportive of our views and are willing to collaborate with our plans for the 21st century.
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| Software
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New Technology Corporation
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Nakamachi Shibuya Building
1-25-9 Nakamachi
Machida-shi, Kanagawa 194-0021
Tel: +81-42-725-7729
Fax: +81-42-725-7713
URL: www.new-technology.co.jp
Contact Person: Waichi Tanabe
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Company Profile
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On May of 1992, with increased capital, we started developing software mainly on Open Environments, a highly distinct feature for the Internet industry.
Main Products/Services:
1) Software development
• System development utilizing JAVA, EJB
• Software analyzing animation
2) Development & sales of software for search engines
Established:
May 1992
President:
Waichi Tanabe
Capital:
20 million yen
Number of Employees:
20
Annual Sales:
240 million yen
Investor, Percentage of Investment:
Individuals, 60%
Company, 40%
Affiliated Companies:
None
Public Stock Offering: Not Yet
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Not Yet
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Why Are We Hot?
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We predicted the spread of internet EJB (Enterprise JAVA Beans) and have concentrated on system development utilizing JAVA since then.
Also, we are currently in the first stage of creating software that takes care of trouble-shooting in search engines.
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| Other
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| Brain Science Laboratory
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1-50-17-310 Chuo
Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0011
Tel: +81-3-5337-9385
Fax: +81-3-5337-9385
Email: caesar@tka.att.ne.jp
Contact Person: Hisashi Shiota
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Research & application of brain science, mind/sensibility engineering; developing theory and devices that can measure psychological states like emotion, sensibility & ability objectively and applying such aspects in the fields of marketing research/consulting, personnel evaluation, and rearing services
Main Products/Services:
Development & sales for software that measures "emotion/sensibility/ability"; planning & production of entertainment (music, audio-visual, environment tool) work; acquisition and sales of intellectual property rights for patent & copyright issues
Established:
(Plan to in) Fall 2000
President:
Hisashi Shiota
Public Stock Offering: Not Yet
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Brain-engineering business will be the next hot industry,
just as it is with IT and genome. By developing objective measures that can detect "emotion," "sensibility," and "ability," we believe that we can also do the same with states of "interest" and "concentration." By applying the above to certain products, we believe that analysis (measurement, precise forecast and evaluation) of market trends and personal abilities can be done which will create unlimited business opportunities.
Also, President Hisashi Shiota has been a celebrity in the Japanese media. His existence will surely contribute to the enhancement of businesses for all.
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