Yahoo! Japan
 The wordmark matches the pre-2009 English Yahoo! logo. | |
| File:Yahoo! JAPAN.png Screenshot of yahoo.co.jp home page | |
Type of site | web portal |
|---|---|
| Available in | Japanese |
| Traded as | TYO: 4689 JASDAQ: 4689 |
| Founded | January 31, 1996 |
| Headquarters | Midtown Tower, 9-7-1, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| No. of locations | 2 (Nagoya and Osaka) |
| Owner | SoftBank (36.02%)[1] Yahoo! (35.15%) |
| 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) |
| Employees | 4,607 (As of March 31, 2014)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | Netrust, Ltd. |
| URL | www |
| Registration | optional |
| Launched | April 1, 1996 |
| Current status | active |
Yahoo! JAPAN Corporation (ヤフージャパン株式会社, Yafū Japan Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese internet company formed as a joint venture between the American internet company Yahoo! and the Japanese internet company SoftBank. It is headquartered at Midtown Tower in the Tokyo Midtown complex in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.[4]
History
Yahoo! and SoftBank formed Yahoo! Japan in January 1996 to set up the first web portal in Japan. Yahoo! Japan went live on April 1, 1996.[5]
Yahoo! Japan was listed on JASDAQ in November 1997. In January 2000, it became the first stock in Japanese history to trade for more than ¥100 million per share. The company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 2003 and became part of the Nikkei 225 stock market index in 2005.
Yahoo! Japan acquired the naming rights for the Fukuoka Dome in 2005, renaming the dome as the "Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome". The "Yahoo Dome" is the home field for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, a professional baseball team majority owned by SoftBank.
Industry body affiliation
Yahoo! Japan was a founding member of Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani's Japan e-business association in February 2010, but after Rakuten withdrew from the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) in June 2011 and made moves to become the Japan Association of New Economy as a rival to Keidanren, Yahoo! Japan withdrew from the e-business association in March 2012. It joined Keidanren in July 2012.[6]
Whale meat controversy
In 2012, the Environmental Investigation Agency revealed that Yahoo! Japan was allowing affiliates to sell whale meat, including that of the endangered fin whale, on their site.[7]
References
- ^ "Status of Shareholders (As of September 30, 2013)". Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ^ "Company Info". Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ "Yahoo.co.jp Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ^ "Company Info." Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved on April 30, 2009.
- ^ Matsutani, Minoru, "Yahoo Japan: Same name, very different company", Japan Times, 24 April 2012, p. 3.
- ^ The Daily Yomiuri Keidanren welcomes new member Yahoo August 1 2012 Retrieved on August 1, 2012
- ^ "Yahoo! linked to whale meat sales". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
