ABOUT

LINE Corporation

With the LINE messaging app as the cornerstone, LINE Corporation's business encompasses development and operation of a wide range of mobile-first services—including communication, content, and entertainment—and advertising, as well as new businesses in Fintech, AI, and other domains. Under its corporate mission of "Closing the Distance," LINE Corporation strives to bring people around the world closer to each other, to information, and to services.

Established

September 4, 2000
Changed trade name from NHN Japan Corporation to LINE Corporation on April 1, 2013
Capital

34,201 billion JPY （As of March 31,2021）
Representative
- Takeshi Idezawa
  
  CEO and President
- Jungho Shin
  
  Co-CEO and Chief WOW Officer
Number of Employees

3,100 (As of October 31, 2022)
Location

Yotsuya Office
Yotsuya Tower 23rd FL., 1-6-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0004
Various Certifications
- Registered telecommunications carrier A-20-9913
  Acquired SOC2, SOC3 for free calls/messaging smartphone application "LINE"
  Acquired ISO27001 certification (January 2007)
Group Companies
*As of April 1, 2023.
- LINE Biz Plus Corporation
- LINE Financial Corporation
- LINE Financial Plus Corporation
- LINE Financial Taiwan Limited
- LINE FRIENDS INC.
- LINE Friends Japan Corporation
- LINE Friends Taiwan Limited
- LINE Friends (Shanghai) Commercial Trade Co., Ltd.
- LINE Growth Technology Corporation
- LINE NEXT Corporation
- LINE Pay Corporation
- LINE PLAY Corporation
- LINE Plus Corporation
- LINE Taiwan Limited
- LINE TECH PLUS PTE.LTD.
- LINE TECHNOLOGY VIETNAM Co., Ltd.
- LINE VIETNAM COMPANY LIMITED
- LVC USA Inc.
- LINE Fukuoka Corporation
- LINE Business Support Corporation
- LINE Euro-Americas Corp.
- LINE Marketing Partners Corporation
- PT. LINE PLUS INDONESIA
- LINE Company (Thailand) Limited
- JDW Co., Ltd.
- LINE Xenesis Corporation
- LINE studio Corporation
- IPX Corporation
- LINE Pay Taiwan Limited
- LINE NEXT Inc.
- JDW Taxi Co., Ltd.
- LINE MUSIC Corporation
- LINE Credit Corporation
- LINE Healthcare Corporation
- LINE Securities Corporation
- Markt Co., Ltd.
- LINE CONOMI Corporation
- LINE Bank Preparatory Company
- Kasikorn LINE Company Limited
- LINE Bank Taiwan Limited
- LINE MAN Corporation PTE.LTD
- LINE Games Corporation
- LINE Investment Technologies Corporation
- RABBIT-LINE PAY COMPANY LIMITED
- Lantu Games Limited
- Gatebox Inc.
- Webtoon Entertainment Inc.
- Venture Republic Inc.
- Drama & Company Co., Ltd.
- DEMAE-CAN Co., Ltd.
- LINE Digital Frontier Corporation
- NAVER WEBTOON Corporation
- Vlast. Co., Ltd.
- WORKS MOBILE Japan Corporation