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Kakaku.com, Inc.
Available inJapanese
Traded asTYO: 2371
SubsidiariesTabelog
URLkakaku.com

Kakaku.com, Inc. (株式会社カカクコム) is a Japanese company that operates Kakaku.com (from 価格) "Price.com", a comparison shopping website, and other services.

About

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The company was established in 1997.[1] Kakaku.com is Japan’s largest price comparison site and one of the group companies of Digital Garage.[2][3] The directors are Atsuhiro Murakami (Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer) and Kaoru Hayashi[2] [4](Executive Chairman).

The Kakaku.com website has 52.77 million monthly users and 769.6 million monthly page views as of March 2017.[5] The company also operates Tabelog, the largest platform for reviews of restaurants in Japan.[6]

Akiba Souken

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Akiba Souken (Japanese: アキバ総研) was an anime and Akihabara culture website operated by Kakaku.com.[7][8] It was established in 2002 and it closed on 30 September 2024.[9][10][11][12][13] It has published popularity polls for anime.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "大河原克行の「パソコン業界、東奔西走」". Impress Watch. Archived from the original on 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  2. ^ a b "Digital Garage Group". Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  3. ^ "DG nails entrepreneurial spirit of the internet". The Worldfolio. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  4. ^ "Directors". Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  5. ^ "「価格.com」が20周年、97年からのヒット商品を振り返る特設サイト公開". Archived from the original on 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  6. ^ "Japanese court ruling poised to make Big Tech open up on algorithms". Financial Times. 2022-07-04. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  7. ^ Corporate. Kakaku.com.
  8. ^ Akiba Souken
  9. ^ アキバ総研、9月末で22年の歴史に幕 サービス終了後は記事やレビューは閲覧不可に. Oricon News. 1 August 2024.
  10. ^ WEBメディア「アキバ総研」がサービス終了へ 惜しむ声続々. Anime! Anime! 1 August 2024.
  11. ^ 「アキバ総研」終了へ 22年の歴史に幕 記事は閲覧不能に. ITmedia News. 1 August 2024.
  12. ^ アキバ総研サービス終了22年の歴史に幕ーー秋葉原のトレンドを紹介してきたメディアの果たした役割. Real Sound. 3 August 2024.
  13. ^ 「アキバ総研」が9月30日15時をもってサービス終了. GAME Watch. 1 August 2024.
  14. ^ "DYNAMIC CHORD Dominates Akiba Souken's Fall 2017 TV Anime Popularity Ranking". Crunchyroll. 10 January 2018.
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