San Francisco - BitTorrent, the San Francisco-based developer of a popular file sharing network for digital entertainment, said on Monday that it has launched a Japanese subsidiary, based in Tokyo. The company said that BitTorrent Japan will help address a growing demand for peer-assisted content delivery technology among Japanese content publishers and consumer electronics manufacturers. The unit is being led by general manager Hirotoshi Wakiyama, the former president of Netmanage Japan.

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