- Business
- Kakaku.com, Inc. Kakaku.com, Inc. (TSE:2371) operates as a leading Japanese internet media company, providing comprehensive purchase support, restaurant reviews, and diverse online services through its flagship platforms and subsidiaries. Founded in December 1997 and headquartered at Digital Gate Building in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, the company delivers price comparisons, product specifications, and user-generated reviews across categories including computers, home appliances, smartphones, furniture, fashion, interiors, food and beverages, cosmetics, internet providers, insurance, loans, and communications services via Kakaku.com; restaurant discovery, rankings, and reservations through Tabelog.com; real estate information on Sumaity and Smaity; travel reviews, comparisons, hotel discounts, and bus tours via 4travel, Sumaity, icotto, and Bus Comparison Navi; job listings on Kyushu Box and Jobcube; lifestyle content on kinarino; men's fashion media TASCLAP; shopping spots on Pathee; movie databases and showtimes on eiga.com; animation and Akihabara culture on Akiba-souken; photo sharing on PHOTOHITO; automotive information on webCG; and foreign exchange insights on FX-rashinban, with primary operations focused on Japan and select expansions to the United States, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and India. The company generates revenue predominantly through advertising sales, electronic commerce facilitation, insurance agency services in its Finance segment, and dynamic package systems, website production, and content development in its Internet Media segment, serving over 150 million unique users with unbiased, collective information for consumer decision-making. In March 2025, Kakaku.com, Inc. completed the acquisition of LiPLUS Holdings Inc. for approximately 26.42 million, integrating Liplus-S.com to connect users with professionals for household services like unwanted item collection and daily repairs, aiming to enhance its lifestyle offerings and digital marketing capabilities; it also maintains strategic collaborations with Digital Garage in e-commerce, restaurants, travel, real estate, and HR domains, alongside alliances with KDDI, au Financial Service, and Resona Group for payments, web3, AI research, and financial solutions.