The use of social media networking services (SNS) continues to grow even in mature markets like Japan. Japan has been one of the leading markets adopting and nurturing social media platforms and users since the […]
In July, I reported that Yahoo! Japan and LINE would merge into one company. Today, the official announcement came from LINE. “LINE Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation will integrate into a single company as of […]
On August 14th, LINE announced its new Japanese Large Language Model (LLM). It’s an OSS, which can be used for commercial purposes. According to their tweet, LINE is working on multiple large-scale language models (LLM) […]
Yahoo! Japan was the most popular search engine in Japan, and still is one of the most popular websites with the search function now. There’s a rumor that Yahoo! Japan may switch the organic search […]
Revised Telecommunications Business Law went into effect in June in Japan. This law applies to not only telecommunications and mobile companies but also to website owners. If you provide content online targeting Japan, you’ll need […]
From the beginning of search engine marketing including SEO, the work started with Baidu, Naver, and Yahoo! Japan for search engine optimization professionals and advertisers aiming to grow businesses in China, South Korea, and Japan […]