Gateway returns to Japan after three years

[Steve Bildermann]

After three years away from the Japanese market, Gateway is returning to the Asian nation to sell its PCs.

Before withdrawing from international markets in 2001 to focus on its core U.S. business, Gateway sold more than 1.5 million PCs from 1994 to 2001, according to the Irvine, Calif.-based company.

Leveraging the distribution channels of its eMachines brand--Gateway acquired eMachines early this year--the company will offer four new Gateway notebook and desktop PCs through Japanese retailers including Ishimaru Denki, Joshin Denki, Nojima and Tsukumo.

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