Nippon

Buying and Selling by Smartphone: Mercari App Shakes Up Japan’s Consumer Spending

Mercari is a rapidly expanding presence in the Japanese consumer landscape. Four years after its launch in February 2013, this peer-to-peer app for buying and selling goods by smartphone has topped 50 ...
Yahoo Finance

Doorzo Launches Major Platform Upgrade with Smarter Search, Expanded Languages Support, more Delivery Countries, and Mercari Japan Auctions

TOKYO, Nov. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SIG Service INC. (Headquarters: Kita-ku, Tokyo), the operator of Doorzo, continues to elevate the cross-border shopping experience with the launch of several new ...
GIGAZINE

Nintendo agrees to implement measures to prevent fraudulent listings with Mercari, Yahoo! Auctions, Yahoo! Flea Market, and Rakuten Rakuma

Nintendo Co., Ltd. has announced that it has agreed to cooperate with Mercari, Inc., which operates Mercari, LINE Yahoo Japan Corporation, which operates Yahoo! Auctions and Yahoo! Flea Market, and ...
TechCrunch

Marketplace app Mercari nabs $75M to become Japan’s first startup unicorn

Mercari, a peer-to-peer marketplace app, has claimed the title of Japan’s first pre-IPO startup unicorn after raising 8.4 billion yen (about $75 million) at a valuation of over $1 billion. This is the ...
siliconera

Nintendo Fighting Switch 2 Listings on Sites Like Mercari

Nintendo announced that it has signed an agreement with three companies managing major free market websites in Japan to prevent illegal listings featuring the Nintendo Switch 2 and its related items.