Yahoo! JAPAN is undertaking a variety of measures such as delivering reliable information to our users in an easy-to-understand manner, and supporting children to study at home while the schools are closed.
February 24, 2022
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP began providing the “Map for 3rd COVID-19 Vaccine Dose” feature. The feature enables users to find the facilities and medical institutions as well as routes to the vaccination sites that provide third vaccine doses.
Press Release(Japanese only)
December 24, 2021
COVID-19 Donation Project, a project launched jointly by COVID-19 Benefit Donation Consortium, Public Resources Foundation, Yahoo! JAPAN, and TRUSTBANK, Inc., for measures to combat COVID-19, reached 400 million yen.
Press Release(Japanese only)
December 20, 2021
Donations and aid money contributed by Yahoo Japan Foundation to extend social support to those affected by COVID-19 infections reached approximately 530 million yen. Yahoo! JAPAN donated 30 million yen as matching donations,* to Yahoo Japan Foundation’s “COVID-19 Fund to Prevent Collapse of Medical Services” donation program.
* A framework whereby Yahoo! JAPAN donates the same amount of donation made by a user to Yahoo Japan Foundation (upper limit applies).
Press Release(Japanese only)
November 24, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life began posting information on the government’s new economic stimulus measures to rebuild the country’s economy impacted by COVID-19, including the 100,000-yen cash-coupon handout for children aged 18 and younger.
Press Release(Japanese only)
November 22, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN began posting FAQ on the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, opinions of experts, and how to make an appointment in its special webpage with information and news related to COVID-19 and Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life, a service that enables users to check information necessary for daily life foreach municipality.
Press Release(Japanese only)
September 3, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN launched a notification service that uses LINE to notify vaccination slots reopened due to same-day cancellations. The service was introduced in six medical facilities in Tokyo.
Press Release(Japanese only)
August 30, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN Internet Fund Raising jointly opened a donation account with Japan Heart to provide support to areas where the spread of COVID-19 and clusters are observed. The donations collected will be used for sending medical teams to locations such as medical and nursing facilities nationwide.
Press Release(Japanese only)
August 10, 2021
COVID-19 Donation Project, a project launched jointly by COVID-19 Benefit Donation Consortium, Public Resources Foundation, Yahoo! JAPAN, and TRUSTBANK, Inc., began the fifth round of publicly inviting applications from individuals, companies, and organizations in need of support. The eligible applicants are medical institutions combating COVID-19 infection at the frontline, and small and medium-sized businesses that have been severely impacted by COVID-19.
Press Release(Japanese only)
August 5, 2021
COVID-19 Donation Project launched jointly by COVID-19 Benefit Donation Consortium, Public Resources Foundation, Yahoo! JAPAN, and TRUSTBANK, Inc., announced the recipients of the donation (32 individuals, companies, and organizations).
Press Release(Japanese only)
August 4, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN opened a curation webpage warning users of misinformation and false rumors about COVID-19 vaccines, introducing Yahoo! JAPAN’s efforts to address this situation and tips to help users acquire reliable information and eliminate anxiety about vaccinations.
Press Release(Japanese only)
July 15, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN and LINE Corporation began providing a feature that sends push notifications to LINE chats by using LINE Smart Notifications, to notify the municipal COVID-19 vaccination schedule information provided in Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life.
Press Release(Japanese only)
July 13, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN opened a special webpage that provides information and news on vaccine passports, and also put in place a mechanism to refer users to the special webpage when they search with keywords such as “vaccine passport” and “vaccine certificate” on Yahoo! JAPAN Search.
Press Release(Japanese only)
July 7, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN began distributing a vaccination dashboard on its “COVID-19 information summary” page, displaying the cumulative number of people vaccinated and percentage of the population vaccinated in each prefecture.
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 25, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN Transit Navigation began providing a feature that searches the routes of free shuttle buses to large-scale vaccination centers (starting with 14 venues in 11 prefectures and planned to be expanded in the future).
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 24, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP app and Yahoo! JAPAN app began providing a feature that sends push notifications to users when reservations open at their pre-registered COVID-19 vaccination venues.
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 15, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN app began providing a feature that sends push notifications when municipal COVID-19 vaccination schedule is updated.
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 10, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN Search began displaying information on local COVID-19 vaccination venues when users search with keywords such as “the name of municipality + vaccine,” and also made it possible for users to find out about the available vaccine types and booking information.
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 7, 2021
Redesigned the COVID-19 Q&A section of the Yahoo! JAPAN app. Based on frequently searched words from Yahoo! JAPAN Search, related questions and answers are displayed at the top of the page.
Press Release(Japanese only)
May 14, 2021
In response to the rising public interest, launched “Vaccination Topics” in the Yahoo! JAPAN app, a special site dedicated to delivering content related to the COVID-19 vaccination.
Press Release(Japanese only)
May 13, 2021
The donation project launched jointly by COVID-19 Consortium for Donating Cash Handouts, Public Resource Foundation, Yahoo! JAPAN, and TRUSTBANK, Inc., decided to continue the donation drive and made a new start under a new project name, “COVID-19 Donation Project.”
Press Release(Japanese only)
April 27, 2021
One year since the relaunch of "Congestion Radar." Use of the service has increased about fivefold in the "new lifestyle."
Press Release(Japanese only)
April 23, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN began displaying the number of people who have received the COVID-19 vaccination in each prefecture, in the “COVID-19” tab.
Press Release(Japanese only)
April 23, 2021
For baseball fans who have difficulty cheering locally due to the pandemic, Yahoo! JAPAN started offering a paid cheering function that allows them to express their love for the team while watching the games live on Sportsnavi.
Press Release(Japanese only)
April 22, 2021
Responding to the demand for daytime use of rooms for work spaces during the pandemic, Yahoo! JAPAN began handling the booking of day-use plans at 181 directly managed APA Hotels and Resorts nationwide, on PassMarket.
Press Release(Japanese only)
April 21, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP started providing a function that allows users to post reviews and photos of restaurants and facilities at the same time, contributing to the distribution of operation information during the pandemic.
Press Release(Japanese only)
April 5, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP started providing the “COVID-19 Vaccine Map” feature that enables people to find locations of the vaccination sites/medical institutions.
Press Release(Japanese only)
March 18, 2021
YAHUOKU! held “Send Cheers through YAHUOKU!,” a charity auction project aimed at supporting healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ten yen was donated for each auction item tagged with the phrase “ヤフオクで応援 (send cheers through YAHUOKU!)”.
Press Release(Japanese only)
March 16, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life (PC ver./smartphone web ver.) and Yahoo! JAPAN Search began providing municipality-specific information related to COVID-19 vaccination for approximately 1,000 municipalities.
Press Release(Japanese only)
February 26, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN started providing COVID-19-related updates under its “COVID-19” tab, including a dashboard showing vaccination progress in Japan.
Press Release(Japanese only)
February 24, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN started an awareness-raising program that displays a banner ad to 0.3% of the users, the same proportion as the cumulative COVID-19 cases to the total Japanese population, to once again raise awareness of correct understanding of and measures on COVID-19.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Special Site(Japanese only)
January 25, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN Transit Navigation announced the service use trend before and after the issuance of the COVID-19 state of emergency.
Press Release(Japanese only)
January 19, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN News, using its comment feature, launched a project to send support to those dealing with COVID-19 infection by prefectures.
Press Release(Japanese only)
January 18, 2021
COVID-19 Benefit Donation Project decided the recipients (individuals, corporations and organizations) of the donations.
Press Release(Japanese only)
January 18, 2021
Yahoo! JAPAN Transit Navigation adapted to the timetable changes by JR East, Toei Transportation, and private railway lines that moved up their last train departure times in response to the issuance of the state of emergency for COVID-19.
Press Release(Japanese only)
December 25, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN opened a special site to enjoy watching the Hakone Ekiden (a round-trip intercollegiate relay marathon between Tokyo and Hakone) at home.
Site open from December 25, 2020 to January 31, 2021
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN special site on the 97th Hakone Ekiden(Japanese only)
December 24, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Internet Fund Raising collected more than 1,230,000 donations totaling about 1.4 billion yen in 2020, which includes emergency donations to support healthcare workers working at the forefront of COVID-19 treatment.
Results of: January 1, 2020 – November 30, 2020
Press Release(Japanese only)
December 21, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Internet Fund Raising opened a donation account to support live music venues and clubs in Kyoto, in collaboration with “#京都音楽シーン救済プロジェクト” (Save Kyoto’s music scene project) launched by Hyogen Shien Association.
Press Release(Japanese only)
December 11, 2020
Donations to “COVID-19 Benefit Donation Project,” a donation drive launched jointly by COVID-19 Benefit Donation Consortium, Public Resources Foundation, Yahoo! JAPAN, and TRUSTBANK, Inc., reached 300 million yen.
Press Release(Japanese only)
December 9, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Internet Fund Raising opened a joint donation account with non-profit organization “Charity Santa,” with an aim to send picture books to children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Let’s send picture books to children coping with the COVID-19 pandemic!(Japanese only)
December 7, 2020
More than 1,000 local governments are now using Yahoo! JAPAN Disaster Alert and the Yahoo! JAPAN app to send emergency information related to disasters, COVID-19, etc. to local residents.
Press Release(Japanese only)
About emergency information issued by local governments(Japanese only)
November 20, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government jointly conducted an online disaster preparedness mock exam, with an aim to encourage residents in Tokyo to casually participate and acquire knowledge on disaster preparedness including the risk of COVID-19 infection.
Period: November 22, 2020 – December 21, 2020
Press Release(Japanese only)
November 13, 2020
PassMarket started to sell tickets subject to the government’s “Go To Event” campaign, an initiative to support safe leisure facilities and events that are taking sufficient COVID-19 prevention steps.
Campaign period: October 29, 2020 – January 31, 2021
Press Release(Japanese only)
Campaign site for users(Japanese only)
October 6, 2020
The Yahoo! JAPAN app (for both iOS/Android versions) added to its tab bar a “local” tab which curates local information such as local news and the number of COVID-19 patients in the area.
Press Release(Japanese only)
October 2, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Loco started to support Osaka Prefecture’s “campaign to promote use of restaurants in small groups,” which can be used together with the government’s “Go To Eat” campaign.
*Applicable to use of restaurants between mid-September 2020 to December 31, 2020.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Loco campaign page(Japanese only)
October 1, 2020
Z Holdings Corporation opened up LODGE, an open collaboration space run by Yahoo! JAPAN, to its group companies, with a view to supporting diverse work style in the post-COVID-19 era.
Press Release(Japanese only)
September 29, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Loco announced that it will start providing “Go To Eat” campaign points from October 1, 2020.
*Points rewarded through January 31, 2021; earned points valid through March 31, 2021.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Loco: Go To Eat campaign(Japanese only)
September 29, 2020
The COVID-19 Benefit Donation Project started its third call for recipients from four fields, including healthcare providers and SMEs.
*Application accepted between September 29, 2020 and October 13, 2020 (closed at 5:00 p.m.).
Press Release(Japanese only)
September 18, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Travel started offering discounts of travel products to and from Tokyo which are subject to the government’s “Go To Travel” campaign.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Travel promotion page(Japanese only)
September 3, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Loco was selected among the contractors of online restaurant booking operations for the “Go To Eat” campaign run by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Loco starts posting information on sanitation measures taken at stores and facilities.(Japanese only)
September 2, 2020
A virtual cycling event “Online O-‘En’ Fes” (online festival for sustaining and supporting connection) held in place of TOUR de TOHOKU which was canceled this year.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Tour de Tohoku(Japanese only)
August 31, 2020
In light of the post-COVID-19 lifestyle, Yahoo! JAPAN BEAUTY started a feature that enables users to refine their search based on sanitation measures taken at beauty parlors.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN BEAUTY(Japanese only)
August 25, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN and Shiga Prefecture announced holding of a large-scale online disaster preparedness drill,“#make use of hazard map,” on Disaster Prevention Day (September1).
Press Release(Japanese only)
August 24, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN and YAMATO TRANSPORT strengthened collaboration in non-face-to-face delivery services for individual customers for the post-COVID-19 lifestyle. Starting from September 1, the lowest shipment fee of 170 yen is offered for C to C transactions of YAHUOKU! and PayPay Flea Market using “Nekopos” (delivery to mailbox) service.
Press Release(Japanese only)
August 20, 2020
COVID-19 Benefit Donation Project Consortium decided the recipients (individuals and organizations) of the donation money.
Press Release(Japanese only)
August 18, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN opened a special website, “Answers to your questions on COVID-19 testing,” which aggregates COVID-19 testing information and advises appropriate action in case of a fever or other suspected symptoms.
Press Release(Japanese only)
“Answers to your questions on COVID-19 testing”(Japanese only)
August 12, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Car Navigation (for iOS/Android) began a “congestion forecast” feature that enables users to check the congestion situation around approx. 50,000 retail stores, commercial facilities, and leisure facilities.
Press Release(Japanese only)
August 5, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP app (for iOS/Android)began a function that enables users to check summer event updates smoothly on the map.
Press Release(Japanese only)
July 30, 2020
Updated the congestion radar of the Yahoo! JAPAN MAP app (for iOS/Android) with a feature to make the congestion level around commercial facilities easily visible with icons; the number of the facilities covered was expanded to approximately 50,000.
Press Release(Japanese only)
July 30, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN concluded agreements with all target local governments for the free provision of data solution service to support their measures against COVID-19; also started a full scale provision of “DS.INSIGHT for Gov” for governmental agencies.
Press Release(Japanese only)
DS.INSIGHT for Gov(Japanese only)
July 8, 2020
PassMarket began a sales commission discount campaign for leisure facility operators to support their infection prevention measures through the use of digital tickets.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Campaign announcement by PassMarket(Japanese only)
July 6, 2020
370,610,274 yen raised for the collaborative donation project launched by video creator HIKAKIN and Yahoo Japan Foundation to support healthcare workers who are working to protect people’s lives. The donation money was used for activities to support front-line healthcare operations, such as support for healthcare workers and purchase of medical supplies.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo Japan Foundation(Japanese only)
July 2, 2020
Donated a total of 10,350,570 yen raised through the “Let’s overcome together –knowing is supporting” campaign to five organizations that support measures against COVID-19.
Press Release(Japanese only)
July 1, 2020
The COVID-19 Benefit Donation Project started the second round of inviting recipients from four fields, including healthcare providers and SMEs.
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 30, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN BEAUTY began posting official information provided by hair salons so that customers can check out photos, sanitation measures taken, special holidays, etc., of the salons in advance.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN BEAUTY promotion page (Japanese only)
June 26, 2020
Began providing “Tokyo COVID-19 Mimamori* Service for Stores” using PassMarket functions.
*Mimamori means “watching over.”
Press Release(Japanese only)
Tokyo COVID-19 Mimamori* Service for Stores(Japanese only)
June 25, 2020
Selected individuals/organization to which the 100 million-yen donation money collected through “COVID-19 Benefit Donation Project,” a drive launched jointly by COVID-19 Benefit Donation Consortium, Public Resources Foundation, Yahoo! JAPAN, and TRUSTBANK, Inc., will be donated.
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 19, 2020
Enabled Yahoo! JAPAN MAP users to check the congestion situations around approx. 2,000 commercial/amusement facilities nationwide.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP (Japanese only)
June 18, 2020
Bid amount at YAHUOKU! Yell Auction for combatting COVID-19 totaled 94,300,669 yen.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yell Auction (Japanese only)
June 16, 2020
Applications started for tenants of Yahoo! JAPAN Shopping and PayPay Mall who wish to use “EAZY,” a new EC delivery service provided by Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. The service allows shoppers to choose from various non-face-to-face delivery methods.
Press Release(Japanese only)
EAZY application webpage for tenants (External website) (Japanese only)
June 9, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Transit Navigation (Android/iOS) started a congestion trend function that shows the congestion levels of trains on a 1-4 scale with icons.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Transit Navigation (Japanese only)
June 5, 2020
Donations to “COVID-19 Benefit Donation Project,” a donation drive launched jointly by COVID-19 Benefit Donation Consortium, Public Resources Foundation, Yahoo! JAPAN, and TRUSTBANK, Inc., reached 100 million yen.
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 4, 2020
Conducted a campaign named “Let’s overcome together – knowing is supporting,” through which 10 yen was donated from Yahoo! JAPAN to organizations supporting measures against COVID-19 each time users liked on COVID-19-related initiatives undertaken by various companies.
Press Release(Japanese only)
”Let’s overcome together – knowing is supporting” (Japanese only)
June 3, 2020
Enabled Yahoo! JAPAN MAP to automatically update the store hour information of about 800,000 stores and 4,600 chain restaurants/retailers nationwide.
Press Release(Japanese only)
June 1, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN began providing a function that indicates the congestion situations around nearby stores, such as grocery stores and pharmacies.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP app (iOS/Android) (Japanese only)
June 1, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN News opened a special webpage “How do we live with coronavirus?” with a view to contributing to solving the various concerns and anxieties that users may have about the “new lifestyle” by inviting their opinions.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Special webpage: “How do we live with coronavirus?” (Japanese only)
May 28, 2020
In response to the growing dining-out needs after the lifting of the state of emergency, Yahoo! JAPAN Loco strengthened sanitation measure information of stores, including the addition of a function to enable store operators to upload photos showing how and what sanitation measures are taken in their stores.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Loco starts providing information on sanitation measures taken by stores/facilities (Japanese only)
May 26, 2020
For the convenience of users, Yahoo! JAPAN Search began displaying important dates relating to the COVID-19 benefit money payout (start dates of mail-out/application/payment, and application deadline) along with search results when users search with keyword “name of municipality + benefit money.”
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Search tips to facilitate your search on COVID-19 (Japanese only)
May 26, 2020
When the state of emergency was lifted nationwide, opened a quiz-based information site on the “new lifestyle” practices against COVID-19: “Let’s overcome together – Learn how to deal with COVID-19 with a quiz!” (PC/smartphone versions).
Press Release(Japanese only)
”Let’s overcome together – Learn how to deal with COVID-19 with a quiz!” (Japanese only)
May 25, 2020
Upgraded the congestion radar of Yahoo! JAPAN MAP to enable the display of congestion situation from 2 hours ago to as recent as 20 minutes ago.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP (Japanese only)
May 25, 2020
Using PassMarket functions, started an admission booking and ticketing function for the reopened Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Nagoya City), as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Press Release(Japanese only)
PassMarket (Japanese only)
May 22, 2020
Added to the Yahoo! JAPAN MAP app (iOS/Android) a poll function that allows users to report whether the restaurants they visited offer take-out meals/drinks.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN MAP app (iOS/Android) (Japanese only)
May 21, 2020
With a video creator HIKAKIN, opened in Yahoo Japan Foundation a collaborative donation account for supporting healthcare workers who are working to protect people’s lives.
※Donations accepted from May 21, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Press Release(Japanese only)
Donation for supporting healthcare workers who are protecting people’s lives (Japanese only)
May 18, 2020
Switched seals and signatures for contracts to e-signatures. Aim to convert all contracts with private entities to e-signatures.
Press Release(Japanese only)
May 18, 2020
<COVID-19 Report>
Released a report on YoY change in number of visitors from neighboring prefectures to Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka and Fukuoka.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Report on visitors from neighboring prefectures to Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka and Fukuoka(Japanese only)
May 13, 2020
Based on information provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, expanded search function to display medical institutions that offer online medical examinations on Yahoo! JAPAN Search, Yahoo! JAPAN MAP app, Yahoo! JAPAN Maps (website ver.), and Yahoo! JAPAN Loco (smartphone ver.)
Press Release(Japanese only)
May 12, 2020
<COVID-19 Report>
Based on data from Yahoo! JAPAN Search, released an analysis on how the state of emergency affected food trend.
Press Release(Japanese only)
How did the Declaration of State of Emergency affect food trend? (Japanese only)
May 12, 2020
Considering the spread of COVID-19, decided to cancel “TOUR de TOHOKU”, a cycling event.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Details of cancellation(Japanese only)
May 11, 2020
As an incorporator, Yahoo! JAPAN joined “Open COVID-19 Declaration”, which declares no assertion of intellectual property rights for a certain period, against any activities whose purpose is stopping the spread of COVID-19, including diagnosis, prevention, containment and treatment.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Open COVID-19 Declaration(External website)
May 8, 2020
COVID-19 Donation Committee, Public Resources Foundation, Yahoo! JAPAN, and TRUSTBANK, Inc. released a website on “COVID-19 Donation Project” in which users can choose where to donate the COVID-19 100,000 yen payment from the government.
Press Release(Japanese only)
COVID-19 Donation Committee website (External website)(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Internet Fund Raising(Japanese only)
COVID-19 Payment Platform produced by TRUSTBANK(External website)(Japanese only)
May 8, 2020
<COVID-19>
For the purpose of having a better view of how self-restraint is exercised, released a reprinting-permitted graph on daily traffic of people by prefecture in Japan.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Website analyzing the traffic of people by prefecture in Japan (External website)(Japanese only)
May 8, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN donated 10 yen for every user who searched the word,“Norikoeyo (Let’s overcome)” in Yahoo! JAPAN Search to activities that support medical workers in the frontline combatting COVID-19.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Let’s overcome together –Search to thank the medical workers – (Japanese only)
May 6, 2020
Distributed a special program “Let’s ask PM Abe! Live broadcast answering everybody’s questions on COVID-19” on Yahoo! JAPAN’s special webpage and “niconico,” a video service operated by Dwango.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Special program with PM Abe (Archive)(Japanese only)
May 1, 2020
Distributed special feature “Homeschool lessons”. Famous athletes, cultural figures held online lessons on craft, scientific experiments, and sports to entertain children and students who had to stay home during the Golden Week.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Special website “Homeschool lessons”(Japanese only)
May 1, 2020
<COVID-19 Report>
Released a report that visualized decrease in crowds in Tokyo and Osaka areas in order to analyze the impact of the stay home request, etc.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Rate of decrease in crowds in Tokyo and Osaka areas, visualized by heat maps(Japanese only)
April 30, 2020
Fisherman Japan, also supported by Yahoo! JAPAN, began selling “Fish Box with Online Lesson on How to Clean Fish” from April 15. Fresh fish that could not be sold due to closure of restaurants were sold by fisherman/fishmongers and home delivered. By the end of April, sold 735 sets (over 2.5 million yen).
Fisherman Japan (External website)(Japanese only)
April 28, 2020
Yahoo Japan Foundation began soliciting programs that support activities to prevent collapse of medical services due to COVID-19. Supports activities under two themes: “Supporting healthcare workers” and “Supporting infection prevention activities”
Yahoo Japan Foundation begins soliciting programs that support activities to prevent collapse of medical services due to COVID-19 (Japanese only)
Support program for activities to prevent collapse of medical services due to COVID-18 (Application guidebook)(Japanese only)
April 28, 2020
Disclosed rates of restraint in people’s movement in the 13 prefectures designated to be on high alert in “COVID-19 Summary” webpage, Yahoo! JAPAN smartphone version, and “Stay Home” tab in Yahoo! JAPAN app.
Press Release(Japanese only)
COVID-19 Summary(Japanese only)
Survey report by Data Solution Service for Business Operators (Japanese only)
April 28, 2020
For event organizers, PassMarket launched a special feature which proposes how to create announcement webpages for online events, how to draw customers, and how to sell e-tickets.
Press Release(Japanese only)
PassMarket(Japanese only)
April 27, 2020
<COVID-19 Report>
Released a report that analyses the search trends in Yahoo! JAPAN Search to see the impact of requests to close schools, etc. and to stay home on children.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Impact of requests to close schools and to stay home on children(Japanese only)
April 27, 2020
In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Yahoo! JAPAN Loco began publishing information on sanitation measures conducted by stores/facilities.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Place(Japanese only)
April 27, 2020
Added function that notifies emergency/crime prevention information from 700+ local governments in Yahoo! JAPAN app. Needed information (e.g. COVID-19 information from local governments) notified in a timely manner.
Press Release(Japanese only)
List of local governments with which disaster alliances are concluded(Japanese only)
April 24, 2020
<COVID-19 Report>
Released a report that analyses weekday transportation trends under the promotion to work remote.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Visualization of changes in weekday transportation trends(Japanese only)
April 24, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Shopping began collaborations with “Hokkaido Gourmet Campaign” which uses online shopping website to support business operators with declined sales due to COVID-19.
Hokkaido Dosanko Plaza website (Yahoo! JAPAN Shopping) (Japanese only)
April 24, 2020
Launched “Stay Home Portal,” a portal website that collects useful content on cooking, education, remote working, etc. to bring convenience and comfort to users who are spending longer time at home.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Stay Home(Japanese only)
April 23, 2020
<COVID-19 Report>
Released a report that analyses search trends related to Golden Week under the request to stay home.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Analysis on search trends related to Golden Week under the request to stay home (Japanese only)
April 23, 2020
Newly created a “Yell Auction” category in YAHUOKU! where users can take part in social contribution activities against COVID-19 by listing their goods. Proceeds from listed goods in this category will be donated to the funds operated by Yahoo Japan Foundation.
Press Release(Japanese only)
Yell Auction(Japanese only)
April 23, 2020
Yahoo Japan Foundation established “COVID-19 Fund to Prevent Collapse of Medical Services” to reduce the burden on healthcare workers.
COVID-19 Fund to Prevent Collapse of Medical Services (Yahoo Japan Foundation)(Japanese only)
Yahoo Japan Foundation(Japanese only)
April 23, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Ads began a campaign to support companies that are unable to conduct their scheduled marketing measures (e.g. cancellation of events and promotional measures) due to the basic COVID-19 measures to refrain from nonessential outings. Advertisers who are posting search ads forthe first time received a 10,000-yen discount in advertising fee.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Supporting new clients with their advertising fees(Japanese only)
April 20, 2020
Released Food Action Special Feature whereby users can support industries in critical conditions due to self-restraint requests for COVID-19 (e.g. food producers and dining industry) through home delivery and donations.
Food Action Special Feature(Japanese only)
April 20, 2020
For a limited time and as open data, Yahoo! JAPAN Data Solution disclosed numbers of persons coming to and going out of 47 prefectures, ordinance-designated cities, etc. and predicted data on year-on-year change for the data to be used to analyze the impact of stay home request, one of COVID-19 measures.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Temporary disclosure of numbers of persons coming to and going out of 47 prefectures, ordinance-designated cities, etc. and predicted data on year-on-year change(Japanese only)
April 20, 2020
Using congestion radar, Yahoo! JAPAN Map app (iOS ver., Android ver.) and Yahoo! JAPAN Maps compared congestions before and after the declaration of state of emergency.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Maps Congestion Radar “To what extent was congestion alleviated after the declaration of state of emergency?” (Japanese only)
April 16, 2020
For the purpose of using the data for analyzing the impact of COVID-19, Yahoo! JAPAN Data Solution released an analysis on people’s movement in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area seen from the search volume of Yahoo! JAPAN Transit Navigation.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Analysis of people’s movement in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area seen from the search volume of Yahoo! JAPAN Transit Navigation(Japanese only)
April 16, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life selected and introduced systems that have high demand among users based on search trends in Yahoo! JAPAN Search, such as grants and subsidies for COVID-19, and monetary support systems (e.g. loans), etc.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life,Summary of support systems for COVID-19 (Japanese only)
April 15, 2020
YAHUOKU! held a series of auctions, “Yell Auction”, dedicated to supporting general activities against COVID-19.
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Yell Auction (Japanese only)
April 15, 2020
In light of the spread of COVID-19, Yahoo! JAPAN MAP (iOS ver. and Android ver.) added a search function to filter restaurants that provide take-out and delivery services, and expanded the amount of listed information.
Press Release (Japanese only)
April 14, 2020
To support NPOs, Yahoo! JAPAN Internet Fund Raising sequentially launched fund-raising projects to receive donations for “Emergency support for activities against the spread of COVID-19” from January 30, 2020.
(As of April14)
No. of organizations hosting the projects: 15
Donation amount: JPY44,151,235
No. of donations: 49,108
Yahoo! JAPAN Internet Fund Raising (Japanese only)
April 13, 2020
With the precondition of adequately protecting our customers’ privacy, began an initiative that will contribute to the optimization and efficiency of measures against COVID-19 taken by governmental agencies such as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, by analyzing big data on location information and search/purchase history.
※This was implemented in accordance with our agreement with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, which defined the scope of information to be provided, use purposes, and terms and conditions of cooperation. The agreement was signed on April 13, 2020 after the consultation with our privacy advisory board consisting of external experts.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Cooperative project for measures against COVID-19 (Japanese only)
April 10, 2020
To support moves of users who have to go outdoors for inevitable reasons, Yahoo! JAPAN MAP began providing a previously suspended feature “Congestion radar” which displays levels of congestion of specific areas and areas around terminal stations using color gradation.
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Yahoo! JAPAN MAP (Japanese only)
April 9, 2020
Began providing our data solution services for business free of charge to prefectural governments, etc., so that data can be used in measures against COVID-19.
Press Release (Japanese only)
DS.INSIGHT Program for prefectural governments and designated major cities (Japanese only)
April 7, 2020
<Measure against COVID-19> Disclosed a short report on keywords related to the declaration of state of emergency.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Analysis on search trends for April 6. 2020, related to the declaration of state of emergency (Japanese only)
April 6, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN News launched a project to cheer for persons responding to COVID-19, using its comment columns to allow users to share comments to each other.
Press Release (Japanese only)
#To those on the frontline (Japanese only)
April 3, 2020
Began disclosing daily data on number of visitors, etc. to the 23 wards of Tokyo through our data solution service so that data can be used in analyzing the impact of the request to stay home, a measure against COVID-19.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Temporary disclosure of daily trends on population estimates(overall/visitors/residents) for the 23 wards of Tokyo (Japanese only)
April 3, 2020
Released our response policy towards the request to platform operators from governmental agencies, to provide statistical data, etc. that will contribute to preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Press Release (Japanese only)
March 31, 2020
Sportsnavi released its “Special sports selections,” where users can watch video clips of the High School Baseball Invitational Tournament and FIFA World Cup for free.
Special sports selections, to be enjoyed anytime anywhere (Japanese only)
March 31, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Creators’ Program released a special website to help users enjoy their time at home.
Special selection of video clips featuring ideas to make “stay at home” more enjoyable (Japanese only)
Late March 2020 onwards
Yahoo! JAPAN News created a content curation website that aggregates “Free contents to brighten up ‘stay at home’” and “Places to contact to consult mental disorder during self-isolation”.
New edition of free contents to brighten up “stay at home” (Japanese only)
If you are distressed with COVID-19 and self-quarantine (Japanese only)
March 19, 2020
Placed hand sanitizers, distributed facial masks, checked participants’ body temperatures, and seated participants apart in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders.
March 11, 2020
Following the Cabinet approval of the “Cabinet Order to Amend Part of the Act on Emergency Measures for Stabilizing Living Conditions of the Public”, decided to comprehensively ban the listing of facial masks by individual users in our Internet auction service “YAHUOKU!” and flea market app “PayPay Flea Market” from March 11, 2020 until further notice.
Press Release (Japanese only)
March 2, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN Kids launched a website “Yahoo! JAPAN Kids Homeschool” to help the studies of 1st to 6th graders during the temporary closure of many elementary schools in Japan. Provides a search function for children to help with their homework, and videos and photos to help their studies.
Press Release (Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Kids “Homeschool” (Japanese only)
February 20, 2020
Closed our open collaboration space “LODGE” and adjacent restaurant/café.
LODGE (Japanese only)
February 13, 2020
Social Emergency Management Alliance (SEMA) comprised of 53 private enterprises including Yahoo Japan Corporation and 6 citizens’ group began providing support to the cruise ship Diamond Princess anchored in Yokohama Bay on February 13, 2020, and started providing relief supplies on Monday, February 17.
9 companies worked together to provide relief supplies consisted of 1,011 sanitary materials, 1,704 daily necessities and 100 food supplies by March 15.
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Report on support provided in SEMA’s website (Japanese only)
Early February 2020 onwards
Provided tools for municipalities with which Yahoo! JAPAN has concluded disaster alliances, to provide emergency information (e.g. infection reports) to Yahoo! JAPAN Disaster Alert app and Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life. The information can also be accessed from COVID-19 curation webpage (Japanese only) and from search results.

Left:Yahoo! JAPAN Disaster Alert app Right:Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life
Yahoo! JAPAN Disaster Alert app (Japanese only)
Yahoo! JAPAN Daily Life (Japanese only)
Disaster Alliance (Japanese only)
Early February 2020 onwards
Installed a banner in Yahoo! JAPAN Top Page and Yahoo! JAPAN app to navigate users to information on COVID-19.
Yahoo! JAPAN app began displaying targeted information to specific regions if there is information specific to each municipality.

Press Release (Japanese only)
January 30, 2020
Provided information on facts related to COVID-19 and measures to prevent infections in Disaster Prevention Handbook. This handbook is always available in Yahoo! JAPAN Disaster Alert app and Yahoo! JAPAN Weather & Disaster (PC ver. and smartphone browser ver.), and provides useful information for what to do and how to prepare for each type of natural disaster.
Yahoo! JAPAN Weather & Disaster “Preparing for COVID-19” (Japanese only)
January 29, 2020
Yahoo! JAPAN News began updating the latest information on COVID-19 including status reports officially announced by the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan and by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), and compiles media reports. It also began providing information on contact points prepared by the MHLW, each prefecture and the Japan National Tourism Organization.
Yahoo! JAPAN News “Summary of COVID-19” (Japanese only)
January 23, 2020
When users search “coronavirus”, Yahoo! JAPAN Search displays as search results, reliable information provided by public institutions such as MHLW, information overseen by doctors and medical organizations, news articles by major media companies, etc.
Yahoo! JAPAN Search: Search results of “coronavirus” (Japanese only)