is a Japanese software development house. The company's main products were a word processor, Ichitaro ("JohnnyOne"), a Japanese input method,

ATOK ATOK (エイトック /ˈeitokku/ or /ˈeɪtɔːk/) is a Japanese input method editor (IME) produced by JustSystems, a Japanese software company. ATOK is an IME with roots from KTIS (Kana-Kanji Transfer Input System) come with JS-WORD, the Japane ...

. In 2010s, they focus on correspondence education and enterprise software.

Description

JustSystems is based in

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in Japan. Its most recent business has focused on

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and

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-themed technology development. As of 2012, JustSystems is the only Japanese full member of the

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Consortium.

History

JustSystems was founded in 1979 by Hatsuko and

Kazunori Ukigawa Kazunori (written: 一慶, 一典, 一則, 一謙, 一徳, 一矩, 一紀, 和典, 和則, 和徳, 和行, 和範 or 和憲) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese footballer *, Ja ...

, and was incorporated in June 1981. Early in the company's history, it created one of the first computer input methods for Japanese users, creating compatibility between

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keyboards and

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characters. In the mid-1990s, JustSystems founded the

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near

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. In 1996, JustSystems purchased Claritech, a Carnegie Mellon startup run by David Evans, and renamed it JustSystems Evans Research (JSERI). In 1997, JustSystems went public and was listed on the

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. In 2006, JustSystems purchased the

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XML authoring suite from

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to complement its xfy XML development platform. In 2009, Keyence Corporation became the largest shareholder of JustSystems. Later that year, Kazunori and Hatsuko Ukigawa resigned from the company.

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