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Inspired by Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo: Creativity in Business
Mickey Mikitani, Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Next month, Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo returns to the city, showcasing…
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Rakuten trials autonomous drone delivery to remote island residents
Since making its first pioneering delivery on a golf course outside of Tokyo in April 2016, Rakuten has been at the fore…
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Sports & Entertainment
Andrés Iniesta: The Unexpected Hero, a first-ever official documentary, produced by Rakuten TV
FC Barcelona fans know it. Vissel Kobe fans know it. Everyone who watched the 2010 FIFA World Cup final knows it: Andrés…
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From art college to telecom: In conversation with Rakuten Mobile’s Zein Badaro
This article is part of a series of interviews with Rakuten Mobile employees. In this edition, we speak with Zein Badaro…
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A C2C revolution: Eight years of Rakuma
The humble web auction was a staple of the early days of e-commerce. But as online shopping hit the mainstream and the m…
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Connecting with Taiwanese customers: Enter the Rakuten Monkeys
Last month, Rakuten made headlines around Asia with the unveiling of the Rakuten Monkeys — the Chinese Professional Base…
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Thermal therapy in Japan’s hot springs: The top spots
A trip to Japan isn’t complete without a relaxing soak in the soothing thermal waters of a mountain hot spring. Japan’s…
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Rakuten Mobile makes waves at new flagship store launch: Expands Free Supporter Program to 20,000 new participants
Today marks another milestone in the roll-out of the world’s first end-to-end fully virtualized cloud-native mobile netw…
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Meet the high schoolers solving rural Japan’s demographic challenges
How can rural Japan conquer the challenges of an aging population, low birth rates and a mass exodus of young people to…