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  2. Yahoo Japan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Japan

    Japan search engine was a directory-type search engine, similar to Yahoo! in the United States. A crawler-type search engine was used as well, and as the popularity of the crawler-type search engine gradually increased, after October 3, 2005, Yahoo! Japan began utilizing only the crawler-type engine. On June 29, 2017, Yahoo!

  3. Yahoo! Japan Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Yahoo! Japan Corporation (ヤフー株式会社, Yafū Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese web services provider. It was founded in 1996 as a joint venture between SoftBank (current SoftBank Group) and American Yahoo! Inc. Its search engine was the most-visited website in Japan, nearing monopolistic status. [2]

  4. Yahoo! Japan Search Awards - Wikipedia

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    Overview. Each year, Yahoo! Japan recognizes celebrities and businesses in various award categories for achieving significant search volumes for related keywords. The successful keywords in each category show the significant social impact of search terms and the reciprocal nature of what people search for online and what they're interested in ...

  5. Yahoo Japan Teams Up With Google Search - AOL

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    Yahoo Japan is hooking up with Google (GOOG) to handle its search and paid-search advertising, carrying off a partnership that eluded U.S.-based Yahoo (YHOO), and delivering a blow to Microsoft's ...

  6. LY Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Yahoo! Japan. LY Corporation (LINEヤフー株式会社, Rain Yafū Kabushiki-gaisha, lit. 'Line Yahoo Corporation'), trading as LYC, [1] is a Japanese internet company owned by A Holdings, a joint venture between SoftBank Group of Japan, and Naver Corporation of South Korea, [2] founded in 2023 by the merger of Z Holdings, and four ...

  7. Yahoo - Wikipedia

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    Yahoo (/ ˈ j ɑː h uː /, styled yahoo! in its logo) [4] [5] is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California , and operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc. , which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications .

  8. Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands— Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu —and thousands of smaller islands, covering 377,975 square kilometres (145,937 sq mi). Japan has a population of nearly 124 million as of 2024, and is the eleventh-most populous country.

  9. Japanese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Wikipedia (ウィキペディア日本語版, Wikipedia Nihongoban, lit. 'Japanese version of Wikipedia') is the Japanese edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-source online encyclopedia. Started on 11 May 2001, [1] the edition attained the 200,000 article mark in April 2006 and the 500,000 article mark in June 2008. As of September ...