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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2016
With ¥130 billion war chest, Line hunts for acquisitions to jazz up content, technology
Line Corp. plans to use part of the ¥130 billion it garnered from last month's initial public offering to bankroll acquisitions of content and technology, transforming its messaging service into a one-stop shop for Asian social media users.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2016
Mercari mulls additional funding after clinching U.S. foothold
Japan's first startup unicorn is considering a new fundraising round to maintain momentum after a spike in U.S. downloads for e-commerce company Mercari Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2016
Line Corp. raises ¥100 billion on day one of dual listing in New York, Tokyo
CEO Takeshi Idezawa says the company plans to build trust in its messaging and other services and expand.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2016
Ministry tests smartphone app to navigate underground stations
The land ministry on Thursday started testing a smartphone app that provides detailed navigation services in underground areas around Tokyo Station.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2015
Former Line CEO's new venture aims to track the pulse of world fashion with smartphone videos
Having already spent time in the limelight as the CEO of Line Corp., Akira Morikawa has now started a new venture that targets would-be fashionistas and connoisseurs of popular culture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 26, 2015
iPhone app aims to sell sake to the world
An iPhone app that can recognize sake labels and display information in Japanese and English on everything from alcohol content to recommended ways of drinking the rice wine has been released.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 19, 2015
Microsoft says Line's popular Rinna character is new way to engage customers
Microsoft is hoping to revolutionize the way that companies use messaging service Line to promote their products, with the help of an artificial intelligence program last seen posing as a high school girl.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 29, 2015
Japanese cat-collecting game is apps' meow
The smartphone game "Neko Atsume" (Cat Collecting) is gaining a worldwide following for its nonsense and adorableness.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2015
Line said to prepare dual listing before Japan Post IPO
Line Corp., operator of Japan's most popular mobile-messaging service, is preparing for a dual listing in Tokyo and New York before Japan Post Holdings Co.'s initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2015
Cartoon poop-logging apps aim to guard against cancer
Cutesy, busty female characters in miniskirts and maid costumes are regular fixtures of Japanese anime and manga, but a doctor in Tokyo is trying to use their universal appeal to educate people on what they rarely talk about in public: poop.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2015
Uber pledges to enlist 1 million female drivers by 2020
Ride-hailing app Uber, under the microscope due to a handful of driver assaults on passengers in some cities, pledged in a blog post on Tuesday to sign up 1 million female drivers around the world by 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Feb 1, 2015
App maker on quest for unique, crowd-pleasing products
Daisaku Yamamoto, an up-and-coming Web services creator, recounts being an attention-seeker as a child, always trying to differentiate himself from everyone else.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 13, 2015
Free Windows app turns your webcam into theremin-like musical instrument
Let me hear your body talk. An app that turns your webcam into a range of virtual musical instruments debuts on Wednesday, offering aural adventures for those who wanna get physical.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 5, 2015
Ebola survivors in West Africa to share stories via mobile app, to help fight stigma
Ebola survivors in the three West African countries worst hit by the epidemic will share their stories through a mobile application to be launched on Monday, in a UNICEF-backed campaign to inform and fight stigma around the disease.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 11, 2014
Apple iOS bug makes most devices vulnerable to attack: FireEye researchers
Cybersecurity researchers have warned that a bug in Apple Inc's iOS operating system makes most iPhones and iPads vulnerable to cyberattacks by hackers seeking access to sensitive data and control of their devices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2014
Messaging firm Line to offer pay, taxi, food delivery services
Smartphone messaging service Line Corp. said Thursday it will launch a payment service in coming months as it seeks to play a more fundamental role in customers' lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2014
Programs underway to increase use of AEDs in Japan
Programs are underway throughout the country to train ordinary people to use automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, to help heart attack victims.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2014
Line applies to TSE for IPO that could see value exceed ¥1 trillion
Line Corp., operator of Japan's most popular mobile messaging service, has submitted an application for an initial public offering to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2014
China's hottest app inspired by devotion to Japanese manga
Erick Guo left Asia's largest Internet company last year to build a team of artists and engineers who could create smartphone applications inspired by Japanese manga.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 27, 2014
Manga seek digital ground as print magazines languish
It wasn't too long ago that you couldn't ride a train or bus without seeing many of your fellow passengers engrossed in manga magazines.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.

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