TouchOS Platform Aims to Help Japanese Companies Expand Overseas With Government Subsidy
The platform positions itself as digital infrastructure for Japan's content push abroad, addressing both operational inefficiencies in multilingual site management and the piracy problem by making official routes more accessible.
Reporting from 1 sources: ASCII.jp.
ERanchers Inc. is strengthening its multilingual web platform TouchOS, which delivers Japanese websites to the world without translation, as the Japanese government allocates 11.5 billion yen in subsidies to 15 companies including publishers and distributors to accelerate overseas expansion of content industries like anime and manga. TouchOS reduces translation costs and update delays by using existing Japanese sites as a base for multilingual delivery.
ERanchers Inc. is expanding its multilingual web platform TouchOS, which lets companies deliver their existing Japanese websites to overseas audiences without per-language translation. The service is being promoted as the Japanese government moves to subsidize 11.5 billion yen across 15 companies, including publishers and distributors, to accelerate overseas expansion of anime, manga, and other content industries.
TouchOS works by taking a company's existing Japanese site and making it available in multiple languages, eliminating the need to maintain separate sites for each language. ERanchers says this reduces translation costs, production costs, and update delays that often leave overseas users with outdated information. The platform also uses QR codes and NFC tags as entry points for product information.
ERanchers frames TouchOS as a tool to combat piracy: if official information reaches overseas users quickly and in their own language, they are more likely to use legitimate channels, protecting Japan's intellectual property and brand value.
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