TikTok to enter Japan’s eCommerce industry

FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

BEIJING: Chinese social media platform TikTok will enter the online shopping industry in Japan within the next few months, the Nikkei newspaper reports.

The company is preparing to recruit sellers soon for its eCommerce arm TikTok Shop in Japan, Nikkei said yesterday, citing a source involved in the operations.