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.

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

About

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The company was established in 1997.[1] Kakaku.com is Japan’s largest price comparison site. The representative director is Shonosuke Hata and the board chairman is Kaoru Hayashi.[2]

The Kakaku.com website has 52.77 million monthly users and 769.6 million monthly page views as of March 2017.[3] The company also operates Tabelog, the largest platform for reviews of restaurants in Japan.[4]

Akiba Souken

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Akiba Souken (Japanese: アキバ総研) is an anime and Akihabara culture website operated by Kakaku.com.[5][6] It was established in 2002 and is scheduled to close on 30 September 2024.[7][8][9][10][11] It has published popularity polls for anime.[12]

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. ^ "DG nails entrepreneurial spirit of the internet". The Worldfolio. Archived from the original on 2023-07-22. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  3. ^ "「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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Corporate. Kakaku.com.
  6. ^ Akiba Souken
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 「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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 「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.
  12. ^ "DYNAMIC CHORD Dominates Akiba Souken's Fall 2017 TV Anime Popularity Ranking". Crunchyroll. 10 January 2018.
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