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Takeshi Idezawa, president of LY (right), receives administrative guidance from a communications ministry official at the ministry on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 5, 2024
Ministry urges Line app operator to boost data protection after breach
The communications ministry cited the app provider's reliance on a South Korean firm for operations and lack of countermeasures against cyberattacks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 8, 2021
South Korea 'webtoon' firms leverage low-cost stories with potential huge upside
The 'webtoon' format, which began in Korea two decades ago, has shaken up content creation for the movie industry around the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2021
Internet giants take fire in South Korean echo of China crackdown
Naver, which runs the messaging platform Line as well as a host of apps, slid 8% Wednesday, its biggest intraday loss in over a year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2021
South Korean tech firms shake up Japan's storied manga industry
Backed by tech giants Kakao Corp. and Naver Corp., Piccoma and Line Manga have become Japan's highest-grossing mobile apps outside of games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2016
Line plans year's biggest tech IPO, pitching U.S. investors
Japan's Line Corp. is headed for what could be the biggest initial public offering for a technology company this year, including a major pitch to American investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 1, 2016
Mobile message app Line eyes listing on TSE in July
Mobile messaging service provider Line Corp. will likely make its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in July, with the bourse set to soon approve the listing, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 1, 2015
Messaging app Line ties up with newspapers, broadcasters
Naver Corp.'s Line app, Japan's biggest messaging service, began a revenue sharing system with news media organizations that start their own channels on the system.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 6, 2014
Line fends off fury ahead of lucrative IPO
"What's so exasperating for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ... is the current situation in that platforms, terminals and apps have become dominated by foreign entities," remarked an unnamed writer for a trade publication. "The ministries aren't happy about this at all. What can be done to reinvigorate Japanese companies?"
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 4, 2014
Line Corp. weighs Tokyo, New York IPOs this year
Smartphone messaging app operator Line Corp. is considering initial public offerings on bourses in Japan and the U.S. this year to raise funds and accelerate overseas business, according to sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2014
Line built its empire with surprising speed
How do you create a ¥1.5 trillion company in an industry that gives its primary product away?

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