Line has about 86 million users in Japan. Both national and local governments ... But the firm did not clearly state in which country it intended to store or transfer the data.

Take a stroll through any Japanese city—you'll be hard-pressed to go a few blocks without passing a convenience store. The one-stop shops dot streetscapes everywhere. So ubiquitous are konbini ...

The computer is also used to store transaction information related to the Line Pay smartphone cashless ... in South Korea back to a computer in Japan in the near future, officials at the company ...