{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-26T04:51:41.957Z","story":{"id":"r_3945a4a1fd1a4c7185c6da05","slug":"former-line-yahoo-chairman-kentaro-kawabe-publishes-first-book-on-internet","url":"https://yomimono.id/former-line-yahoo-chairman-kentaro-kawabe-publishes-first-book-on-internet","headline":"Former Line Yahoo Chairman Kentaro Kawabe Publishes First Book on Internet History","summary":"Former LINE Yahoo Representative Director and Chairman Kentaro Kawabe is releasing his first book, '7 Great Upheavals: A 30-Year History of the 'Internet Industry' Where Dubious Characters Took Center Stage.' Pre-orders began May 26 through Toyo Keizai Inc., with a June 24 release date and a price of 1,980 yen. The book covers seven areas of change in Japan's internet industry over 30 years and frames that history as a prologue to the coming AI era.","why_it_matters":"Kawabe, a central figure in Japan's internet industry from the early days of Yahoo to the LINE Yahoo merger, is publishing a personal account that treats the internet's chaotic history as a foundation for understanding the next wave of AI disruption.","published_at":"2026-05-26T03:00:42.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["ASCII.jp"],"citations":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","title":"Is the 30-Year History of the Internet Just the Prologue to the 'AI Story'? Former LINE Yahoo Chairman Kentaro Kawabe Publishes First Book","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/404/4404899/?rss"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["川邊健太郎"],"type":"other","domain":"other","is_roundup":false}}}