{"id":3095,"date":"2013-04-26T14:59:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T21:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:31:04","slug":"unboxing-the-japanese-retail-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/unboxing-the-japanese-retail-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Unboxing the Japanese Retail Box!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/blog-sourcenext-box-image.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-gyMgOLWb\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3102\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/blog-sourcenext-box-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/blog-sourcenext-box-image.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/blog-sourcenext-box-image-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Backblaze announced a partnership with <a title=\"Backblaze + Sourcenext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/konichiwa-backblaze-partners-with-japans-largest-software-vendor-sourcenext\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sourcenext<\/a>\u00a0to help spread\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online backup<\/a> throughout Japan. 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