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LY Corporation Headquarters & offices · Tokyo, Japan
LY Corporation · Tokyo, Japan
The home of LINE and Yahoo! JAPAN works from 20 floors of a 178-metre tower built on the site of a former Akasaka hotel.
The Kioicho headquarters, the perks and six head-office moves since 1999 — then the pay. Every number from LY Corporation's own website, press releases, ESG data and IR pages.
- 20 floorsof Kioi Tower planned for the HQ (2014)
- ≈ 7,000desks at the new Akasaka office (2026)
- 2–3 monthssabbatical after 10 years
- 32,175employees in the group, FY2025
Sources: Head office relocation notice (Jun 19, 2014) · Akasaka office story (May 28, 2026) · Careers: Benefits & DE&I · ESG Data FY2025
Companies / Japan / Internet & Messaging / LY Corporation
THE HEADQUARTERS · KIOI TOWER, TOKYO GARDEN TERRACE KIOICHO · 2016
A hotel site in Kioicho turned into a 178 m office tower
Yahoo Japan moved its head office to Kioi Tower in October 2016 to bring its offices together as staff numbers grew. The tower stands on the site of the former Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which closed in 2011. LY Corporation describes the Kioicho office as a layout built for conversation, with individual booths for focused work, a dining area and a guest space where its characters greet visitors. LODGE, a co-creation space in the office, hosts company and public tech events.
- Opened as HQ: October 2016
- 20 of 24 office floors planned for Yahoo (2014)
- Design: Nikken Sekkei with Kohn Pedersen Fox
- Height 177.65 m
- Hybrid: 3+ office days a week
- LODGE co-creation space
Inside the Kioicho headquarters
LY Corporation describes the Kioicho office as built for conversation, with individual booths for focused work, a dining area and a guest space where its characters greet visitors.
Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho: tower, plazas and gardens
Nikken Sekkei with KPF designed the 177.65 m tower on the site of the former Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka; Yahoo Japan moved in in October 2016.
The Akasaka Office (opened 2026)
A second large Tokyo office in Akasaka opened in April 2026 with about 7,000 desks; it is not the head office.
Facts: Yahoo Japan head office relocation notice (Jun 19, 2014) · LY Corporation history · Careers: Working Environment · LODGE notice (Oct 1, 2020) · Nikken Sekkei project page “Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho”
Kioi Tower, Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Kioicho Office (HQ), Kioi Tower | 1-3 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8282 |
| Akasaka Office, Akasaka Trust Tower | 2-17-22 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
Source: About LY Corporation · Press release “Akasaka Office opened” (Apr 1, 2026) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Nikken Sekkei project page “Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho” (whole development: office/hotel tower and residential tower). Yahoo Japan's 2014 notice described the office/hotel tower as 36 floors above ground and 2 below.
Office tour videos
Benefits (Japan, LY Corporation)
Paid every month to help employees set up an environment for high performance (full-time and contract employees).
Actual travel costs paid for the days employees come to their assigned office.
Pregnancy Support subsidy for fertility treatment, any gender, no limit on uses; up to 10 paid days off or up to one year of leave.
Expired annual paid leave can be saved up to 30 days, for illness, childcare, caregiving or children's school events.
When a national holiday falls on a Saturday, the working day before becomes a special day off.
For conditions specific to women, physical or mental health, or fertility treatment.
Half of babysitter fees subsidized when used to go to work, plus babysitter discount vouchers.
60% of standard monthly pay until age 60 if illness or injury stops someone working (full-time employees).
Source: Careers — Benefits & DE&I and Working Environment (lycorp.co.jp/ja/recruit/workplace/). Some programs are for full-time employees only.
What keeps people at LY Corporation: what the company itself says
Year-round internal postings across LY Corporation and group companies; after a set period, employees can apply without their manager's approval.
Full-time employees with 10 or more years of service can take a sabbatical of two to three months.
Employees set their own start and finish times, as long as monthly hours are met (some teams work fixed hours or shifts).
Employees with 2+ years of service can study for a science doctorate while working, with up to ¥1 million per half-year and one paid day off a week.
Return-to-work rate after childcare leave in FY2025; 69.3% of eligible men took childcare leave.
English, Korean and Japanese courses fully paid by the company for employees who need them for their work.
Source: Careers — Evaluation & Growth Support, Working Environment, Benefits & DE&I (lycorp.co.jp/ja/recruit/workplace/) · ESG Data FY2025
Who works here
average age
average length of service
of employees are non-Japanese
of FY2025 hires were mid-career
of managers are women
Source: LY Corporation ESG Data, FY2025 (employees covered by the report; fiscal year ended March 31, 2026)
Pay at LY Corporation
The CEO's pay was 66.3 times the average annual employee salary in FY2025 (96.4 times in FY2024). Average non-manager salary with bonus: ¥7,546,000; managers: ¥12,987,000.
Source: LY Corporation ESG Data, FY2025 (fiscal year ended March 31, 2026)
Office history: six head-office addresses in Tokyo since 1999
- 1996 A joint venture of SoftBank and Yahoo! Inc.
Yahoo Japan Corporation was founded in January 1996 as a joint venture between SoftBank and Yahoo! Inc. in the U.S. Yahoo! JAPAN went live at 3:20 pm on April 1, 1996, listing about 15,000 websites sorted by hand.
Source: History — Yahoo Japan Corporation (lycorp.co.jp)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1999 24-1 Nihombashi Hakozakicho, Chuo City
In May 1999 the head office moved to 24-1 Nihombashi Hakozakicho, Chuo-ku.
Source: History — Yahoo Japan Corporation
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1999 3-6-7 Kita-Aoyama, Minato City
Three months later, in August 1999, the head office moved again, to 6-7 Kita-Aoyama 3-chome, Minato-ku. Yahoo! JAPAN Auction and Shopping launched the next month.
Source: History — Yahoo Japan Corporation
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2003 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato City
In April 2003 the head office moved to 10-1 Roppongi 6-chome, Minato-ku. In October that year Yahoo Japan listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Source: History — Yahoo Japan Corporation
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2009 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato City
In April 2009 the head office moved to 7-1 Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku.
Source: History — Yahoo Japan Corporation
Tokyo Midtown Tower · Ymblanter / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2016 Kioi Tower, 1-3 Kioicho, Chiyoda City
In October 2016 Yahoo Japan moved to Kioicho, to bring its offices together as staff numbers grew. The 2014 announcement said it would take 20 of the 24 office floors in the new office and hotel tower on the site of the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which closed in March 2011.
Source: History — Yahoo Japan Corporation · Head office relocation notice, Jun 19, 2014 (seen in search excerpt)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2023 LY Corporation, still in Kioicho
In October 2023 Z Holdings, LINE Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation reorganized into LY Corporation. The registered head office stays at Kioi Tower.
Source: History — LY Corporation · About LY Corporation
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2026 A second Tokyo base in Akasaka
In April 2026 LY Corporation opened the Akasaka Office in Akasaka Trust Tower, with all floors open from May 11, 2026, and began moving to three office days a week. The head office remains in Kioicho.
Source: Press release, Apr 1, 2026 · LY Corporation Story, May 28, 2026
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
From Nihombashi to Aoyama, Roppongi and Akasaka, then up the hill to Kioicho — every head office has been in central Tokyo, within about 5 km of each other.
- 1 · 199924-1 Nihombashi Hakozakicho, Chuo City — Head office from May 1999
- 2 · 19993-6-7 Kita-Aoyama, Minato City — Head office from August 1999
- 3 · 20036-10-1 Roppongi, Minato City — Head office from April 2003
- 4 · 20099-7-1 Akasaka, Minato City — Head office from April 2009
- 5 · 2016Kioi Tower, 1-3 Kioicho, Chiyoda City — Headquarters today
Addresses: History — Yahoo Japan Corporation · About LY Corporation. The January 1996 founding address is not published there and is not shown.
What LY Corporation does
LY Corporation was formed in October 2023 when Z Holdings, LINE Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation reorganized into one company. It runs online advertising, e-commerce and membership services around the LINE app and Yahoo! JAPAN, and manages group companies such as PayPay.
Three reporting segments: Media, Commerce and Strategic.
Where the money came from · Revenue by segment · FY2025 (year ended March 2026)
Source: IR — Financial Highlights (segment revenue, million yen; before adjustments) · About LY Corporation (businesses) · History (LY Corporation, Yahoo Japan Corporation)
Source: IR — Consolidated Statements of Income (trend) and Financial Indicators · growth % calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
¥0.95T → ¥2.04T
28,606 → 32,175
Fiscal years end March 31 (FY2025 = year ended March 31, 2026). Revenue (IFRS): IR — Consolidated Statements of Income (trend), FY2018–FY2025. Employees: ESG Data (employees covered by the report), FY2024–FY2025. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
President and Representative Director, CEO of LY Corporation.
Founded in January 1996 as a joint venture between SoftBank and Yahoo! Inc.
Source: Directors and Officers · About LY Corporation · History — Yahoo Japan Corporation (lycorp.co.jp)
LY Corporation: questions people ask
Where is LY Corporation's (LINE Yahoo) headquarters?
In Kioi Tower, 1-3 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8282 — part of Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho. Yahoo Japan moved there in October 2016.
Source: About LY Corporation · History — Yahoo Japan Corporation
Who designed the building?
Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho was designed by Nikken Sekkei together with Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for Seibu Properties, and completed in 2016. It is 177.65 m tall with 227,200 m² of total floor area.
Source: Nikken Sekkei project page
How many floors does LY Corporation use?
When it announced the move in 2014, Yahoo Japan said it would occupy 20 of the 24 office floors in the new office and hotel tower.
Source: Head office relocation notice, Jun 19, 2014
What was there before?
The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which Seibu Holdings closed at the end of March 2011. A historic residence on the site, the former Korean Imperial Family residence, was preserved and restored.
Source: Head office relocation notice, Jun 19, 2014 · Nikken Sekkei project page
Did LY Corporation move its headquarters to Akasaka?
No. The Akasaka Office in Akasaka Trust Tower opened in April 2026 as a new business base designed for about 7,000 desks, but the head office remains the Kioicho office.
Source: Press release, Apr 1, 2026 · LY Corporation Story, May 28, 2026
Does LY Corporation allow remote work?
Employees work a hybrid model: in principle at least three days a week in their assigned office, combined with remote work. There is full flextime with no core hours.
Source: Careers — Working Environment · Press release, Apr 1, 2026
What benefits does LY Corporation offer?
In Japan: an ¥11,000 monthly Working Style allowance, commuting costs up to ¥150,000 a month, a 2–3 month sabbatical after 10 years, up to 30 days of banked leave, ¥100,000 a year for fertility treatment, half-price babysitting and an employee share purchase plan with a company incentive.
Source: Careers — Benefits & DE&I, Working Environment
How many people work at LY Corporation?
32,175 employees were covered by the FY2025 ESG data (year ended March 2026): 24,915 in Japan and 7,260 overseas, 41.9% women, average age 37.7.
Source: ESG Data FY2025
What is the employee turnover rate?
10.3% in FY2025 (9.9% voluntary), up from 7.2% in FY2024.
Source: ESG Data FY2025
Who is LY Corporation's CEO?
Takeshi Idezawa, President and Representative Director, CEO.
Source: Directors and Officers (lycorp.co.jp)
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