Corporate History
- Jan. 1996
- Established Yahoo Japan Corporation to provide information search services on the Internet
- Apr. 1996
- Started providing information search service (service name: Yahoo! JAPAN) in Japanese
- Jan. 1997
- Awarded Nikkei Product and Service Excellence Prize '96 (Nikkei Industrial Daily)
- Nov. 1997
- Listed on the JASDAQ market
- Jul. 1998
- Started community services including personalize services such as My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Message Boards, Yahoo! Game and Yahoo! Pager
- Jul. 1999
- Started advertising for Yahoo! Japan Visa Card in tie-up with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited
- Sept. 1999
- Started online shopping service Yahoo! Shopping and online auction service Yahoo! Auctions
- Mar. 2000
- Merged with Geocities Japan Corporation and broadcast.com Japan k.k.
- Apr. 2000
- Established Tavigator, Inc., an e-commerce company handling tour package products on the Internet, through a joint venture with JTB Corp. and Softbank E-commerce Corp. (Currently Softbank EC Holdings Corp.)
- Jun. 2000
- Started Yahoo! Mobile service for i-mode mobile phones
- Jul. 2000
- Topped 100 million daily page views
- Aug. 2000
- Introduced Demographic Targeting ads. This product enables advertisers to show their banners to targeted users by gender and age groups, occupation, and interests.
- Sept. 2000
- Merged with P.I.M., Inc.
- Sept. 2000
- Introduced escrow service for Yahoo! Auctions
- Feb. 2001
- Delivered animated ads in the Internet drama "Candy-O"
- Mar. 2001
- Opened Yahoo! Cafe in Aoyama, Tokyo, where users can experience the speed of broadband connections
- May. 2001
- Introduced Yahoo! Auctions personal identification system
- Jun. 2001
- Announced the start of integrated broadband-related service Yahoo! BB
- Aug. 2001
- Broke 200 million daily page views
- Sept. 2001
- Started commercial service of Yahoo! BB
- Sept. 2001
- Made eGroups KK a subsidiary
- Dec. 2001
- Made e-Shopping! Books CORP. (currently Seven and Y Corp.) a subsidiary
- Feb. 2002
- Made BridalConcierge Corp. a subsidiary
- Feb. 2002
- Started marketing Yahoo! Billboard ads to acquire National Clients
- Mar. 2002
- Introduced Yahoo! Wallet service that secures the safety management of user information when charging pay service and content
- Apr. 2002
- Introduced listing fee for Yahoo! Auctions
- Apr. 2002
- Started the official service of BB Phone, a broadband phone service
- May. 2002
- Topped 300 million daily page views
- May. 2002
- Introduced transaction fee for Yahoo! Auctions
- Aug. 2002
- Established UniCept, Inc a subsidiary
- Aug. 2002
- Took stake in Netrust, Ltd, a subsidiary
- Oct. 2002
- Established INTAGE Interactive Inc.
- Nov. 2002
- Started a paid search service "Sponsor Site"
- Oct. 2003
- Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Feb. 2004
- Established Indival, Inc.
- Aug. 2004
- Acquired Information Securities Management Systems (ISMS) certification
- Oct. 2004
- Topped 1 billion daily page views
- Nov. 2004
- Made Firstserver, Inc. a subsidiary
- Jan. 2005
- Takeover of ALPS MAPPING K.K. business
- Jan. 2005
- Business tie-up with CREO Co., Ltd. and acquisition of shares from third party allotment
- Jan. 2005
- Basic agreement concluded with Aozora Bank, Ltd. for Internet banking business
- Feb. 2005
- Announced business tie-up with ValueCommerce Co., Ltd. and acquisition of shares through a tender offer
- Mar. 2005
- Made CURIOCITY CORP. a subsidiary
- Oct. 2005
- Made INFO PLANT Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
- Feb. 2006
- Made Seven and Y Corp. an equity method affiliate
- Feb. 2006
- Agreement to dissolve Internet banking business contract with Aozora Bank, Ltd.
- Mar. 2006
- Agreement concluded with SOFTBANK CORP. for mobile communications business
- Mar. 2006
- Made NewsWatch, Inc. a subsidiary
- Mar. 2006
- Agreement concluded with SMBC Group for Internet financial services business
- Apr. 2006
- Invested in mobile communications business
- Jun. 2006
- Announced business and capital alliance with SMBC Group
- Sept. 2006
- Started Yahoo! NetBanking service in tie-up with The Japan Net Bank, Limited.
- Oct. 2006
- Started Yahoo! Keitai, a mobile portal service, for SOFTBANK mobile terminals
- Feb. 2007
- Made a multiple listing of the Company’s shares on JASDAQ as well as the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Feb. 2007
- Made Interscope Inc. a subsidiary
- Apr. 2007
- Established Yahoo! JAPAN Research
- Apr. 2007
- Concluded a memorandum of understanding of Acquisition of Shares in Overture K.K. (Conversion to Subsidiary)
- Aug. 2007
- Made Overture K.K. a subsidiary
- Dec. 2007
- Started discussion with eBay Inc. toward a business alliance
- Apr. 2008
- Merged with ALPS MAPPING K.K.
- Apr. 2008
- Merged with Brainer.jp.
- Feb. 2009
- Made SOFTBANK IDC Corp. and SOFTBANK IDC Solution Corp. subsidiaries
- Mar. 2009
- Merged with SOFTBANK IDC Solutions Corp.
- Apr. 2009
- Made GyaO CORPORATION a subsidiary
- Oct. 2009
- Merged with Overture K.K.
- Jun. 2010
- Launched Yahoo! Chinamall and Tao JAPAN under the business tie-up with Alibaba Group’s Taobao
- Aug. 2010
- Made Cirius Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
- Aug. 2012
- Established YJ Capital Inc.
- Aug. 2012
- Made Crocos, Inc. a subsidiary
- Sept. 2012
- Made Community Factory Inc. a subsidiary
- Oct. 2012
- Made ValueCommerce Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
- Dec. 2012
- Made Carview Corporation a subsidiary
- Jan. 2013
- Made CyberAgent FX, Inc. a subsidiary
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