ASAHI Net

ASAHI Net is a major Internet service provider based in Japan and which is operated by Asahi Net, Inc. (株式会社朝日ネット, Kabushiki Gaisha Asahi Net), a public company founded on April 2, 1990. Asahi Net, Inc. has been listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange since December 2007. It offers low-price ADSL, fiber and mobile broadband Internet connection services across Japan as well as related services. ASAHI Net also operates cloud services for educational institutions and corporations.

ASAHI Net was ranked as No. 1 FTTH Internet service provider in customer satisfaction in 2010 in a customer satisfaction survey by J.D. Power. There are about 537,000 ASAHI Net Internet service subscribers as of September 2013.

Asahi PC Net was developed in 1988 as a service for PC communications based on the ideals of “communication” and “creation”. Functionality such as forums, virtual conference rooms and chats where users were identified by their real names were among the distinguishing features of the service. Due to collaborations with literary writers such as Yasutaka Tsutsui, and mutual integration with services such as IBM Japan’s People service, Asahi PC Net became known as a humanistic network.

In 1994, the Asahi Net service was launched as an Internet connection service, and the company became a pioneer in providing service to businesses and organizations through its MMJP company website service. Currently, Asahi Net provides the largest 1 Gbit/s high speed optic fiber network, as well as ADSL, WiMAX and FOMA mobile broadband networks across Japan.

Asahi Net, Inc. is regularly audited by a third party to comply with the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 international ISMS standard.