Baidu Japan site officially launches (access requires a proxy)

After more than 10 months of testing, Baidu finally announced the official launch of its Japanese company.

Company Information

Name: Baidu Co., Ltd.

English Name: Baidu, Inc.

Establishment Date: December 2006

Address: 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower

Capital: 460 million yen

Major Shareholder: Baidu Group

Representative: Chen Haiteng (Chen Haiteng)

Number of Employees: 30 people (as of December 2007)

Business Content: Development and provision of internet search products and services, sales of internet advertising

Challenge History

December 2006: Established Baidu Co., Ltd. as the first local entity of Baidu.com, Inc.

March 2007: Test released Baidu.jp in beta version (web search beta, image search beta)

October 2007: Added video search beta version to Baidu.jp

January 2008: Official launch of Baidu.jp services (added blog search beta)