ZHD President "After integration with LINE, becomes the third station that can compete in the United States and China"

ZHD President "After integration with LINE, become the third station that can compete in the United States and China" February 26, 18:14

Kentaro Kawabe, president of Yahoo's holding company, Z Holdings, held a press conference in Tokyo, and hoped to compete with giant IT companies in the United States and China following the business integration with LINE scheduled for October. Stressed.

President Kawabe said, “I feel a sense of danger that Japanese IT companies will be buried in GAFA if they keep doing this. After integrating with LINE, we aim to provide more convenient services, and we are one more after the United States and China. I want to be one of the options. "

He also acknowledged that in order to expand business in Asia in the future, it will be important to use services to solve social issues by utilizing IT, such as using big data to support victims during disasters. Was.

President Kawabe also stated, "Southeast Asia has the same issues as Japan. By providing services that can solve Japan's issues in Asia, it will become a third bureau that can compete with the United States and China. I want to. "

Z Holdings has recently launched a series of acquisitions of ZOZO, which operates a fashion mail order site, and a business integration with LINE.