September 28, 2023

LINE and Yahoo Japan to Become LY Corporation

In July, I reported that Yahoo! Japan and LINE would merge into one company. Today, the official announcement came from LINE. “LINE Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation will integrate into a single company as of […]
August 23, 2023

LINE’s New Japanese Large Language Model (LLM)

On August 14th, LINE announced its new Japanese Large Language Model (LLM). It’s an OSS, which can be used for commercial purposes. According to their tweet, LINE is working on multiple large-scale language models (LLM) […]
May 26, 2023

State of Search in Asia

From the beginning of search engine marketing including SEO, the work started with Baidu, Naver, and Yahoo! Japan for search engine optimization professionals and advertisers aiming to grow businesses in China, South Korea, and Japan […]
April 14, 2023

Ad Copy Localization

Many businesses run text ads in different countries. Many of the local ads are translated versions of the original ads (i.e., English targeting the USA). It makes the launch of local campaigns quick and easy, […]