Yahoo Japan
Type of site | Web portal |
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| Available in | Japanese |
| No. of locations | 2 (Nagoya and Osaka) |
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| URL | yahoo.co.jp |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | April 1, 1996 |
| Current status | Online |
Yahoo! Japan (ヤフー, Yafū) is a Japanese web portal. It was the most-visited website in Japan in October 2018, and among the top 50 worldwide.
In 2020, Yahoo! Japan was the 4th most visited website in Japan and contains many services outside search, including auctions, weather, and mapping services. In terms of use as a search engine, however, it has never surpassed Google. The company is the second largest search engine used in Japan as of July 2021, with a market share of 19% behind Google's 77%.