Yahoo Japan

Online media portal

placeChiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan calendar_todayFounded 1996 groups2,813 employees language yahoo.co.jp

Registered entities

Reputation

Customer rating 3.2 / 5 across 1 reviews.

Web presence

Audience by country — top 5 markets by share of visits.

CountryShare
Japan98.5%
United States0.5%
South Korea0.2%
Taiwan0.2%
Thailand0.1%

Innovation

4,498 patent families (170 granted) — focus: Physics & computing, Electricity & electronics, Emerging technologies, Operations & transport; filing pace slowing. Cited 30,321 times.

YearFilings
2014257
2015292
2016293
2017412
2018508
2019610
2020266
2021264
2022280
2023381
202425
20253

Investor mix

2 investors on record; 1 has since exited.

Investor typeCountShare
Private equity2100%

Share of voice

Share of voice in Japan: 74.2% of web traffic across its competitive set; worldwide: 2.8%.

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