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Gmo Internet Group, Inc.

A Japanese internet services conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, GMO Internet Group runs domain registration (its Onamae.com service is the top registrar in Japan), web hosting, cloud services, online advertising, and internet finance. Founded in 1991 by Masatoshi Kumagai, it started as Voice Media Inc. before the name GMO—short for "Global, Media, Online"—was adopted. In 1999 it became the first ICANN-accredited domain registrar in Asia, and it calls its employees "partners."