Yahoo! Japan

https://www.yahoo.co.jp
https://www.linkedin.com/company/yahoojapan/

Yahoo! Japan is privately owned and headquartered in Japan. Parented by LY Corporation, the company was founded in 1996. It operates with approximately 2540 employees and reported $4.9B in revenue as of 2025. The company's main product involves broadcast television and radio. Functioning as a super-app ecosystem operated by LY Corporation, a joint venture between SoftBank Group and Naver Corporation, it serves as a web portal integrating services including news aggregation through Yahoo! News, search engine capabilities, and e-commerce via Yahoo! Shopping and ZOZOTOWN. The platform also provides lifestyle infrastructure such as Yahoo! Weather, auction services through Yahuoku!, and financial tools including mobile payments via PayPay. Its integrated model allows users to access daily tools, from travel bookings and maps to disaster alerts.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1996

Headcount

2,535

Headquarters

Japan

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

Privately Owned

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Yahoo! Japan offers 2 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Yahoo! Japan's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services and broadcast television and radio.

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Yahoo! Japan's revenues were over $1B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Yahoo! Japan's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (thematic channel groups). For full access to Yahoo! Japan's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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