Japanese messaging app Line is gearing up for a massive listing in Tokyo and New York at the end of this week that is set to raise 115.5 billion yen ($1.12 billion) for the company. Line confirmed ...

Stickers in messaging apps are very popular. Whether it’s a simple emoji, a Pusheen cat sticker in Facebook Messenger, or an Animoji in iMessage, stickers are a fun and often cute way of displaying an ...

Dubbed Line Creators Market, the shop is open to everyone (at least in Japan) no matter your profession or age, or level of artistic talent. Just register online, submit designs, wait for the OK from ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

You may have heard of stickers, the cutesy, cartoonish version of emojis, but did you know that they can also be a money-spinner? Japanese mobile messaging app Line ...

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Mobile messaging platform Line has always made the effort to go beyond basic message services, and its latest venture may be the most ambitious yet. During the Line Conference Tokyo, the company ...

Japan-based messaging app kicked off its move into chat bots today, beating Facebook to the punch in the process, but it has been a challenging week for the company, which is rumored to be pursuing an ...