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[[File:Mozilla_JAPAN,_Kōjimachi,_Tokyo_-_Nov_21,_2008.jpg | thumb | right | alt=A red letter sign on a white wall that says “Mozilla Japan” on the left half of the image, behind a red pedestal with a small potted plant. On the right half of the image there is a short pedestal with the Firefox logo that says “Mozilla Firefox” atop of which is a fox stuffed animal. | Mozilla Japan during its time at the Kojimachi GN Yasuda building. ]]
'''Mozilla Japan''' is a [[Godo kaisha|limited liability organization]] to help promote and deploy [[Mozilla]] products in [[Japan]].


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Mozilla Japan was founded on August 18, 2004. It is independent of the [[Mozilla Foundation]], but is affiliated with them.
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The organization is run by its board of directors, which is made up of [[Hideo Aiso]] of the [[Tokyo Institute of Technology]], [[Hideyuki Tokuda]] of [[Keio University]], [[Nobuo Kita]], [[Hideki Sunahara]] of the [[Nara Institute of Science and Technology]], [[Satoko Takita]] (chair) and [[Joichi Ito]] of the [[Mozilla Foundation]].

As well as promoting Mozilla in Japan, the organization is also responsible for the Japanese localisation of Mozilla products, which includes translating and customizing them for a Japanese audience.

==Foxkeh==
{{nihongo|'''''Foxkeh'''''|フォクすけ|fokusuke}} is a mascot created by Mozilla Japan to help introduce [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] to new users in [[Japan]]. Foxkeh is a [[Japanese red fox]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}} with a flame for a tail – a "firefox". The name combines the English word "fox" with the suffix ''"suke"'' (すけ; 助, 輔, 介) found in some [[Japanese name|Japanese male names]].

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040821071155/http://www.mozilla-japan.org/ Mozilla Japan]{{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.foxkeh.com/ Foxkeh's blog]
*[http://www.foxkeh.jp/ Foxkeh's blog – Japanese]

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