SHANGHAI -- TikTok will enter the online shopping industry in Japan within the next few months, Nikkei has learned, as the Chinese video-sharing app rushes to expand business outside the U.S. where it faces a deadline for a possible ban.
Chinese app diversifies revenue sources amid uncertainty in American market

TikTok shop in exhibition in China's Fujian province. The Chinese video-sharing app is expanding its e-commerce service to Japan. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi)
SHANGHAI -- TikTok will enter the online shopping industry in Japan within the next few months, Nikkei has learned, as the Chinese video-sharing app rushes to expand business outside the U.S. where it faces a deadline for a possible ban.