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{{Infobox_Company |
company_name = Crisscross K.K |
company_logo = ] |
company_type = ] |
company_slogan = Everything connects |
foundation = ], ] (]) |
location = ], Tokyo |
industry = Publishing : Internet |
products = Metropolis : Crisscross News |
key_people = Mark Devlin ] & ]<br/>Mary Devlin, Deputy CEO, Co-founder<br/>|
homepage =
}}
:''This article is about the company; for other meanings, see ].''


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'''Crisscross ]''' is a privately held company based in ], ], founded in ] by Mark and Mary Devlin.
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The company was formed to publish Tokyo Classified, a weekly ]s freepaper for Tokyo's English-speaking community.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.markdevlin.com/Japan.htm
|title= Mark Devlin speech to Entrepreneurs' Association of Tokyo
|accessdate= 2007-02-04
|publisher= markdevlin.com
|date= September, 2004 }}
</ref>
The magazine, which was renamed to ] in 2003,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/500/feature.asp
|title= Coming of Age (feature on Metropolis history)
|accessdate= 2007-02-04
|publisher= Metropolis
|date= 2003 }}
</ref> is the largest distribution English magazine in Japan, with a distribution of 30,000 copies each week throughout Tokyo, ] and ]. Metropolis is the only English magazine in Japan that has its circulation certified by Japan's ].<ref>
{{cite web
|url= http://www.metropolis.co.jp/Aboutus/abc/abc.html
|title= Metropolis Audit Bureau of Circulations certificate
|accessdate= 2007-02-04
|publisher= metropolis.co.jp
|date= Jul-Dec, 2006 }}
</ref> Over the years the magazine's content has expanded to include features and commentaries about life in Japan, extensive Tokyo events listings, bar and restaurant reviews, and hundreds of classified ads.

From February ] to January ] the company also operated Crisscross Internet, an ] business that allowed customers to connect to the Internet anonymously (no ] or ] required) via a ].

In June 2000, Crisscross started ]<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.japantoday.com
|title= Japan Today
|accessdate= 2007-02-04
|publisher= Japan Today
|date= 2003 }}
</ref>, an interactive news site that was one of the first news sites in the world to allow users to post comments under any news story.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

In December 2005, the Company expanded its news coverage to include U.S. and world news and renamed the site "Crisscross News". The news site name reverted back to Japan Today in October 2006.

In March 2006 the company launched Crisscross,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.crisscross.com
|title= Crisscross: International Friends Network
|accessdate= 2007-02-04
|publisher= crisscross.com
|date= 2003 }}
</ref> a ] service that lets users compare and link ] information such as their life goals and favorite items.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12652857/site/newsweek/
|title= Keeping in Touch
|accessdate= 2007-02-07
|publisher= ]
|date= May 15, 2006 }}
</ref> The site makes use of ].

Crisscross KK also operates a boutique ] agency, called Crisscross Creative.<ref>
{{cite web
|url= http://www.crisscrosscreative.jp
|title= Crisscross Creative
|accessdate= 2007-02-04
|publisher= Crisscross Creative
|date= February 4, 2007 }}
</ref>

== References ==
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