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Native name | ヤフー株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Yafū! kabushiki gaisha |
| Company type | Public KK |
| Founded | January 11, 1996 |
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| Defunct | October 1, 2023 |
| Fate | Merged with Z Holdings and Line Corporation |
| Successor | LY Corporation |
| Headquarters | 1–3, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Number of locations | 2 (Nagoya and Osaka) |
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| Revenue |  ¥292,423 million (FY 2010) |
| ¥159,604 million (FY 2010) | |
| ¥92,174 million (FY 2010) | |
| Total assets | ¥471,745 million (FY 2010) |
| Total equity | ¥385,105 million (FY 2010) |
Number of employees | 5,518 (As of September 30, 2015)[1] |
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| Subsidiaries | Netrust, Ltd. ASKUL Corporation |
| Website | about |
Yahoo! Japan Corporation (ヤフー株式会社, Yafū Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese web services provider. It was founded in 1996 as a joint venture between SoftBank and Yahoo! Inc. In 2019, it changed to a holding company structure and came under Z Holdings, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group. In 2021, Line Corporation also became part of ZHD, and in 2023, Yahoo! Japan merged with ZHD and its five subsidiaries, including Line Corp, to form LY Corporation. It operated Yahoo! Japan, which was the most-visited website in Japan, nearing monopolistic status.[2]
- ^ "Company Info". Yahoo! Japan. Archived from the original on 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ^ Matsutani, Minoru (24 April 2012). "Yahoo Japan: Same name, very different company" – via Japan Times Online.