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Messaging app provider LINE to replace its CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Smartphone messaging app operator LINE Corp. announces on Dec. 22, 2014, that its Chief Operating Officer Takeshi Idezawa will become the chief executive officer replacing Akira Morikawa for formalization at a general meeting of shareholders next March.

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Message app Line to seek growth before stock listing

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa, president of smartphone messaging application operator Line Corp., briefs reporters on the company's business plan in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014. Morikawa said he wants to first expand its business and secure revenue before listing its stock, while announcing the number of registered app users had topped 500 million worldwide.

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Message app Line to seek growth before stock listing

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa, president of smartphone messaging application operator Line Corp., gestures during a press briefing on the company's business plan in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014. Morikawa said he wants to first expand its business and secure revenue before listing its stock, while announcing the number of registered app users had topped 500 million worldwide.

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No. of Line users tops 300 mil.

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa, chief executive officer of smartphone messaging company Line Corp., speaks during an in-house event after the number of its global users topped the 300 million mark, in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2013.

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Line smartphone app users top 100 mil. worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa (L), president of NHN Japan Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea's NHN Corp. and developer of the Line smartphone application for free Internet calling and messaging, stands in front of a counter showing the total number of users worldwide has topped 100 million, at an event in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 18, 2013.

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Messaging app provider LINE to replace its CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Smartphone messaging app operator LINE Corp. announces on Dec. 22, 2014, that its Chief Operating Officer Takeshi Idezawa will become the chief executive officer replacing Akira Morikawa for formalization at a general meeting of shareholders next March. (Kyodo)

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Message app Line to seek growth before stock listing

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa, president of smartphone messaging application operator Line Corp., briefs reporters on the company's business plan in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014. Morikawa said he wants to first expand its business and secure revenue before listing its stock, while announcing the number of registered app users had topped 500 million worldwide. (Kyodo)