About Hiroo Yamagata
Born 1964. Hiroo Yamagata is a Japanese translator, economist and critic.
is a Japanese author, critic, economist and translator. He translated some works in computer technology such as The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace by Lawrence Lessig into Japanese.
He is the founder and chairman of Project Sugita Genpaku, which is a volunteer effort to translate free content texts into Japanese.
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Who is Hiroo Yamagata?
Japanese writer
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Hiroo Yamagata was born on 13 March 1964 in Tokyo.
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Hiroo Yamagata is a translator, economist and critic.
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Hiroo Yamagata is Japanese.
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