Drawing on a quirky cast of animated characters, Line has become Asia’s dominant messaging app. CEO Takeshi Idezawa tells us how. One of the first things you notice in the Tokyo offices of Japanese ...

Messaging apps often serve as more than chat tools. In many Asian markets they also support payments and commerce inside the same app. Companies are now beginning to add AI agents to automate customer ...

Mobile messaging giant Line has announced that it's introducing end-to-end encryption by default for all users, from July 1. The Japanese tech company first launched the so-called "letter-sealing" ...

Investors have been waiting to put a price on chat apps since Facebook bought WhatsApp two years ago for $19 billion. Today may be their day. Line, Japan’s popular messaging app, is making its stock ...