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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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Messaging app provider Line makes robust debut in biggest IPO this yr

Takeshi Idezawa, chief executive officer of messaging app provider Line Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 15, 2016. Line made a robust debut in dual stock listings in New York on July 14 and Tokyo on July 15, marking the biggest initial public offering for the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Messaging app provider Line makes robust debut in biggest IPO this yr

Takeshi Idezawa, chief executive officer of messaging app provide Line Corp., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 15, 2016. Line made a robust debut in dual stock listings in New York on July 14 and Tokyo on July 15, marking the biggest initial public offering for the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Messaging app provider Line makes robust debut in biggest IPO this yr

Takeshi Idezawa, chief executive officer of messaging app provider Line Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 15, 2016. Line made a robust debut in dual stock listings in New York on July 14 and Tokyo on July 15, marking the biggest initial public offering for the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LINE Corp. CEO Idezawa gives speech

Takeshi Idezawa, chief executive officer of LINE Corp., gives a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on May 27, 2015. He said while the company's stock listing on the Japanese and U.S. share markets has been discussed, nothing concrete has been reached. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Line to transfer all users' data to Japan for security

Takeshi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on March 23, 2021. All data of Line users will now be transferred to Japan and stored in the country to better protect its customers' personal information, Idezawa said after data had been accessed by technicians in China without users being informed as required by law.

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Line to transfer all users' data to Japan for security

Takeshi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on March 23, 2021. All data of Line users will now be transferred to Japan and stored in the country to better protect its customers' personal information, Idezawa said after data had been accessed by technicians in China without users being informed as required by law.

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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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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Combined photo shows Kentaro Kawabe (top), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp. , meeting the press in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., meet the press in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., meet the press in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Line CEO Idezawa

Takeshi Idezawa, CEO of Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Line ties up with Mizuho

Takeshi Idezawa (L), CEO of Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp., and Toshitsugu Okabe, deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2018, to announce the two companies' plan to jointly set up an online bank. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Line ties up with Mizuho

Takeshi Idezawa (L), CEO of Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp., and Toshitsugu Okabe, deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2018, where the two companies announced a plan to jointly set up an online bank. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Line to start bike-sharing service in Japan with Chinese firm

Takeshi Idezawa (L), president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shakes hands with a senior official of Beijing Mobike Technology Co. in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017. Line will launch a bicycle-sharing service in Japan in 2018 through business and capital tie-ups with the Chinese firm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Line turns profitable in 2016 on brisk ad revenue

Line Corp. President Takeshi Idezawa talks in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2017, about the messaging app provider's earnings results for the year through December 2016. Its group net profit came to 7.56 billion yen ($67 million) on brisk advertising revenue, a turnaround from a loss of 7.58 billion yen the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Message app provider Line turns into black in 1st half of 2016

Takeshi Idezawa, chief executive officer of messaging app provider Line Corp., speaks about the company's earnings in a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2016. Line posted a group net profit of 2.56 billion yen ($24.2 million) for the first half of 2016, moving into the black as its number of users increased, said the company, which went public earlier in the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo