You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (September 2020) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 3,692 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:Z中間グローバル]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|Z中間グローバル}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.
Line Corporation
Line Corporation's headquarters
Native name
Line 株式会社
Formerly
Hangame Japan (2000-2002)
NHN Japan (2003-2013)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Internet and Telecommunications
Predecessor
NHN Japan
Founded
September 4, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-09-04), in Tokyo, Japan
Defunct
October 1, 2023
Fate
Merged with Z Holdings and Yahoo! Japan
Successor
LY Corporation
Headquarters
Shinjuku, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Takeshi Idezawa, CEO
Products
Line, livedoor
Services
Line App, Line Manga, Line Play, Line Taxi
Revenue
¥166.4B "$1.5B USD" (2020)
Total assets
¥541.4B "$5B USD"(2020)
Total equity
¥147.7B "$1.4B USD" (2020)
Number of employees
2,268
Parent
Z Holdings (65.3%)
Subsidiaries
Line Plus Corporation Line Business Partners Corporation DataHotel Co., Ltd. Line Digital Frontier Line Vietnam Line Company Thailand
Website
www.lycorp.co.jp
Line Corporation (Line 株式会社, Rain Kabushiki gaisha) was a Japanese Internet company. It was a subsidiary of Z Holdings, a joint venture between SoftBank Group and Naver Corporation. It was established in 2000 as the Japanese subsidiary of South Korean NHN Corporation's online game community site Hangame, under the name Hangame Japan[1]. In 2003, it was renamed NHN Japan and in 2013, it was rebranded as Line Corporation.
The company operates various internet services, including the communication app Line, as well as Line Music, and Line Manga, and Line Pay.
In 2019, during the merger with Yahoo, Line Corporation (the original entity) was reorganized into a holding company and established as Line Split Preparation Corporation, and in 2021, it changed its company name to Line Corporation (2nd generation) by taking over the business from the original entity. At this time, the original entity changed its name to A Holdings Corporation.
On February 2, 2023, it was announced that Z Holdings and Yahoo would merge during the fiscal year 2023.[2] On October 1 of the same year, Yahoo, Z Entertainment, and Z Data merged into Z Holdings and changed their name to "Line Yahoo Corporation."[3][4] Line Corporation transferred its assets, rights, and businesses to Line Yahoo Corporation through absorption-type split except for certain overseas stocks, and changed its name to the current one.[5] It is expected to become a holding company managing overseas subsidiaries' stocks and other assets through business reorganization.
LineCorporation (Line 株式会社, Rain Kabushiki gaisha) was a Japanese Internet company. It was a subsidiary of Z Holdings, a joint venture between SoftBank...
LY Corporation (LINEヤフー株式会社, Rain Yafū Kabushiki-gaisha, lit. 'Line Yahoo Corporation'), trading as LYC, is a Japanese internet company owned by A Holdings...
CPKC), one of six U.S. Class I railroads, controlled through the Soo LineCorporation. Although it is named for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste....
global affiliate services such as LINE. Naver's annual revenue for 2016 was 4.02 trillion won. In 2016, LineCorporation was double listed on both the NYSE...
applications of the South Korean internet search giant Naver Corporation and the Japanese messaging app Line. Released in 2015, the characters are used in various...
Japan Corporation's change to a holding company structure. In 2020, it merged with LineCorporation, a subsidiary of South Korean Naver Corporation, and...
resolution LineCorporation, a Tokyo-based technology company Line (software), a social messaging application operated by LineCorporationLine (formation)...
Line Industries merger. The various railroads of the former Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries that are now owned by CSX Corporation were...
Line Manga (LINEマンガ) is an online manga and webtoon platform and smartphone app operated by LineCorporation. It originally launched with just licensed...
2017. "[Japan] LINE Manga Operator, LINE Digital Frontier, Procures JPY 8.6 B from NAVER WEBTOON | LINECorporation | News". LINECorporation. Ramirez, Elaine...
Holland America Line (HAL) is a US-owned cruise line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. Holland...
parent corporation Carnival Corporation & plc. This industry practice of using the brand, not the larger parent corporation, as the cruise line is also...
the later Black Star Line, the state shipping corporation of Ghana. The Black Star Line was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on June 27, 1919. Having...
Cruise Line is a luxury small ship cruise line headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It is owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Seabourn Cruise Line was...
Shinbundang Line Korean: 신분당선; Hanja: 新盆唐線; literally, New Bundang Line) or DX Line for Dynamic Express Line is a 33.4 km (20.8 mi) long line of the Seoul...
Line Music (stylized as LINE MUSIC) is a subscription-based music streaming service by LineCorporation that combines existing Line Messenger app with...
stations Soo Line Building, a 19-story residential highrise in Minneapolis, Minnesota Soo LineCorporation, a corporation that manages the Soo Line Railroad...
Line Mobile - Finn Mobile (stylised as Line Mobile - Finn Mobile) is a division by LineCorporation operates mobile virtual network operator service in...
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) was an American multinational corporation that provided information technology (IT) services and professional services...
Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Its logo...
Wanda Film Holding Co. (formerly Wanda Cinema Line) is a cinema operator, film production and film distribution company in China, headquartered in the...
Line TV is a video-on-demand, over-the-top media service owned by Japan-based LineCorporation but operating mainly in Taiwan, and previously Thailand...
Global Information
