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Rakuten Group, Inc.
is a Japanese technology conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo. Founded in 1997 by Hiroshi Mikitani, the company operates a global ecosystem of internet services centered around its online retail marketplace Rakuten Ichiba.
DeNA
is a Japanese provider of mobile portal and e-commerce websites headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It owns the Mobage cell phone platform and also operates other services, including the e-commerce website DeNA Shopping (formerly: Bidders).
SB Creative
SoftBank Group's Company
LDH Corporation
was a Japanese company that functioned as an Internet service provider (ISP) and operator of a web portal and blog platform before being brought down by a scandal in 2006. The company was founded and led in its first 10 years by Takafumi Horie, known as "Horiemon" in Japan. Livedoor grew into one of Japan's premier Internet businesses, putting over 1,000 employees on its payroll at its peak. Its reliance on acquisitions and stock swap mergers to achieve growth also made it one of the country's most controversial enterprises. Its growth came to a resounding halt when scandal erupted in early 20
Recruit Holdings
Japanese company
LY Corporation
Japanese company
Dwango
Japanese media company
Six Apart
software company
DMM.com
is a Japan-based electronic commerce and Internet company with a diversified group of businesses that includes online shopping, eikaiwa, and video on demand service. The company manages DMM.com, an online entertainment site that allows users to purchase goods and services like e-books, games, mainstream DVD releases, and 3D printing. As of February 2024, DMM.com had over 45 million registered users.
Cookpad Inc.
Cookpad Inc. is a Japanese food tech company. The company operates "Cookpad", which is Japan's largest recipe sharing service, with 60 million monthly unique users in Japan and 40 million monthly unique users globally, allowing visitors to upload and search through original, user-created recipes. The firm established its global headquarters in Bristol, UK, and is expanding its business into international markets with offices in the UK, Spain, Indonesia, Lebanon, Brazil, India, Taiwan, Hungary, Greece, Russia and elsewhere. As of 2021, its sites draw around 800 million page views each month. It
BIGLOBE
(combination of the words "big" and "globe") is a Japanese internet service provider.
Mercari
Mercari, Inc. () is a Japanese e-commerce company founded in 2013. Their main product, the Mercari marketplace app, was first launched in Japan in July 2013, and has since grown to become Japan's largest community-powered marketplace, with over JPY 10 billion in transactions carried out on the platform each month. Among those Japanese users utilizing one of the country's many community marketplace apps, 94% were found to be using Mercari.
Abema
(formerly known as ) is a Japanese streaming video service owned and operated by AbemaTV, Inc., a joint venture between the internet company CyberAgent and the broadcaster TV Asahi. Launched in April 2016, the platform distinguishes itself from traditional video-on-demand (VOD) services by functioning primarily as a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) network. It offers multiple real-time linear channels alongside a premium on-demand subscription tier and pay-per-view (PPV) capabilities.
Showroom
Japanese live streaming service
Sony Network Communications Inc.
is a Japanese internet service provider operated by , a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony.
Hatena
Japanese Internet services company
GMO Internet Group
Japanese internet conglomerate
GREE, Inc.
company that operates GREE