Japan's Line to launch telemedicine app on rising pandemic demand

Popular 80-million user social media platform to also offer payment service

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Japanese social media platform Line plans to launch a telemedicine app combining treatment, prescriptions and payments. (Source photos by Nikkei)

Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese social media platform Line will this summer launch a telemedicine business to cater to growing demand amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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