LINE information leak: Personal Information Protection Commission recommends improvements to management company. LINE Yahoo has revealed that approximately 520,000 LINE user information and other information is suspected to have been leaked since November last year.

President Tsuyoshi Idezawa: “I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to many users and everyone involved. I would like to move forward with countermeasures quickly.'' The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issued administrative guidance to LINE Yahoo on March 5, including its management structure and capital relationship with Naver.