Line Corporation
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. In 2003, it was renamed NHN Japan and in 2013, it was rebranded as Line Corporation.
Line Corporation's headquarters | |
Native name | LINE株式会社 |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Internet and Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | NHN Japan |
| Founded | September 4, 2000, in Tokyo, Japan |
| Defunct | October 1, 2023 |
| Fate | Merged with Z Holdings and Yahoo! Japan |
| Successor | LY Corporation |
| Headquarters | , 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 |
The company operates various internet services, including the communication app Line, as well as Line Music, and Line Manga, and Line Pay.
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