Yahoo Japan Corporation

Basic Information

• Category: business
• Website: https://www.yahoo.co.jp

Documented Facts

• Founded: 1996 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Parent company: SoftBank Group (No linked source recorded for this statement.)

Evidence and Sources

• Yahoo Japan Corporation — Official Site (official)
• Yahoo Japan Corporation — Wikipedia (reference)

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• Data status: Enriched
• Profile completeness: Source-backed profile (84/100)
• Indexing directive: index, follow, max-image-preview:large
• Recorded profile date: 2026-04-22

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AI summary

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 and Yahoo!

Available profile information

• Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
• 1 official source linked for verification.
• 1 supporting source linked.
• 2 structured facts available for extraction.

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