Yahoo! Japan Corporation

Yahoo! Japan Corporation
	Headquarters at Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho in Kioichō, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Native name	ヤフー株式会社
Romanized name	Yafū! kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Public KK
Founded	January 11, 1996
Founder	SoftBank (now SoftBank Group); Yahoo! Inc.;
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)
Key people	Masayoshi Son (chairman); Manabu Miyasaka (president and CEO);
Revenue	¥292,423 million (FY 2010)
Operating income	¥159,604 million (FY 2010)
Net income	¥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)
Parent	SoftBank Group (1996–2019); SoftBank Corp (2019); Z Holdings (2019–2023);
Subsidiaries	Netrust, Ltd.; ASKUL Corporation
Website	about.yahoo.co.jp

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 (current SoftBank Group) and American Yahoo! Inc. Its search engine was the most-visited website in Japan, nearing monopolistic status.^[2] 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.

^ "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.

[1] "Company Info". Yahoo! Japan. Archived from the original on 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2015-11-21.

[2] Matsutani, Minoru (24 April 2012). "Yahoo Japan: Same name, very different company" – via Japan Times Online.

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