Nifty Corporation

{{Infobox company

| name = NIFTY Corporation
ニフティ株式会社

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| type = Public ({{tyo|3828}})

| foundation = February 4, 1986

| location = Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

| industry = Information and communication industry

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| key_people = {{nihongo|Kenji Mitake|三竹 兼司}}, president{{Cite web |title=Company Outline |url=https://www.nifty.co.jp/english/info.htm |publisher=Nifty Corporation |access-date=April 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224041711/http://www.nifty.co.jp/english/info.htm |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=会社案内 |url=https://www.nifty.co.jp/company/outline/ |publisher=Nifty Corporation |language=ja |access-date=April 17, 2017}}

| num_employees = 556 (March 31, 2007)

| revenue = ¥66.833 billion (FY 2015, consolidated)

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| homepage = [http://www.nifty.co.jp/ NIFTY Corporation]

[http://www.nifty.com/ (@ nifty)]

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Nifty Corporation, stylized as {{nihongo|NIFTY Corporation|ニフティ株式会社}} and {{nihongo|@nifty|ニフティ}}, is one of the leading internet service providers in Japan, and a subsidiary of Fujitsu.{{cite web|title=GRIC unwires @nifty, Japan's largest Internet service provider - Business - GRIC Communications extends service relationship with NIFTY Corp - Brief Article |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NZB/is_11_4/ai_95104277 |publisher=BNET |date=November 2002 |access-date=2008-02-06}} The company was the largest online service provider, Nifty Serve, in Japan. With the spread of the Internet, it started internet service in 1996. In 1999, it absorbed Fujitsu's ISP, InfoWeb. In 2006, the online service was closed due to a decline in users. The company went public in December 2006.

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