Kazuhiko Nishi (born 1956 in Japan) worked for Microsoft during the 1980s as Vice President of the Far East operations. In 1986, Kazuhiko Nishi left Microsoft to devote himself mostly to ASCII Corporation, today the biggest multimedia empire on the other side of the Pacific. Today he is still writing for newspapers and authoring a number of books; since 1986, Kazuhiko Nishi has sat in several committees on behalf of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and he is presently a member of the Committee for World Economy in the 21st Century. 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT) headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Far East is a term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ASCII is a publishing company based in Tokyo and was one of the key players in the creation of the MSX standard, home computer in Japan. ... Multimedia is the use of several different media to convey information (text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity). ... A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A committee comprises a mechanism of bureaucracy or of proto-bureaucracy whereby a limited number of people receive delegated functions of government or administration. ... The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (通商産業省 Tsūsho-sangyō-shō or MITI) was the single most powerful agency in the Japanese government during the 1950s and 1960s. ...