{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3945a4a1fd1a4c7185c6da05","clusterId":"c_855c813c8b7c49e5a513773c","slug":"former-line-yahoo-chairman-kentaro-kawabe-publishes-first-book-on-internet","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKentaro Kawabe, the former Representative Director and Chairman of LINE Yahoo, is publishing his first book. Titled '7 Great Upheavals: A 30-Year History of the 'Internet Industry' Where Dubious Characters Took Center Stage,' it goes on sale June 24 for 1,980 yen. Pre-orders opened May 26 through Toyo Keizai Inc.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book traces seven transformations in Japan's internet sector: search, social media, video, e-commerce, advertising, culture, and entrepreneurship. Kawabe, who founded Dennoutai in 1995 while a student at Aoyama Gakuin University and joined Yahoo in 2000, later led Yahoo! Mobile, Yahoo! News, and GYAO before becoming Yahoo CEO in 2018 and LINE Yahoo Chairman in 2023. The book is not a straightforward memoir but treats the internet's 30-year run as a prologue to the AI era, asking whether AI will follow the same pattern of chaos and eventual normalization.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kawabe frames the internet's 30-year chaos as a prologue, not a conclusion. The same dubious experimentation he documents now applies to AI.","twitterPost":"Kawabe frames internet history as a prologue to AI, not a finished story. The same chaos may repeat.","threadsPost":"Kawabe's book is not a memoir despite his insider role. He treats the internet's 30-year chaos as a prologue, arguing the same pattern of dubious experimentation will define the AI era.","newsletterBlurb":"Kentaro Kawabe, former chairman of LINE Yahoo, is releasing his first book on June 24. '7 Great Upheavals' covers seven areas of change in Japan's internet industry and frames the past 30 years as preparation for the AI era. Pre-orders began May 26.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/404/4404899/?rss\",\"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\"}]","lintFlagsJson":"[]","lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3864,"outputTokens":679,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1779826502,"createdAt":"2026-05-26T02:46:41.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-05-26T03:00:42.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-26T03:00:42.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_855c813c8b7c49e5a513773c","canonicalTitle":"インターネット30年の歴史は“AI物語”の序章にすぎない？　前LINEヤフー会長・川邊健太郎氏が初書籍","representativeArticleId":"a_e914461f343724879525edf3","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"川邊健太郎\"],\"type\":\"other\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-05-26T00:45:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-05-26T00:45:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-26T03:00:42.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/404/4404899/?rss","title":"インターネット30年の歴史は“AI物語”の序章にすぎない？　前LINEヤフー会長・川邊健太郎氏が初書籍"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["川邊健太郎"],"type":"other","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Pre-orders for the book opened on May 26 through Toyo Keizai Inc.","The book covers seven areas of change in Japan's internet industry over 30 years: search, social media, video, e-commerce, advertising, culture, and entrepreneurship.","Kawabe founded Dennoutai in 1995 while a student, joined Yahoo in 2000, and later became Yahoo CEO in 2018 and LINE Yahoo Chairman in 2023.","The book frames the internet's 30-year history as a prologue to the AI era, questioning whether AI will follow a similar pattern of chaos and normalization."]}