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Kohjinsha

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ6426012 ↗
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Kohjinsha (KJS) was a Japanese PC manufacturer best known outside Japan for their current SA1F00 UMPC. In November 2006, the company announced KOHJINSHA SA, a series of lightweight computers of simple configuration, that come with a high specification for the price, attracting the attention of enthusiast market. According to market information firm BCN, it was the market leader in Japan for computers with screens smaller than 11 inches.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2004-12-13. The account is most persuasive where Kohjinsha, Open-knowledge and entry can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kohjinsha” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.