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Enjoying the great indoors in 2020: Japan shopping trends
For many urban workers around the world, 2020 has largely been spent at home, decked out in sweatpants and a Zoom-friend…
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The Fans: New Rakuten original documentary on the passion behind global soccer
In the summer of 2019, two of the world’s top soccer squads — FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC — visited Japan to join Vissel…
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Rakuten UGV delivers food and peace of mind to glampers
With long queues and physical distancing now the norm at shops across Japan, Rakuten’s Drone UGV team is launching a new…
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A new home base for Lukas Podolski and Rakuten partnership
Five artificial grass soccer pitches, two multifunctional pitches for futsal (a form of indoor soccer), a panna cage (us…
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Sports partnerships will never be the same — and that’s a good thing, say industry leaders
What does the future of sports partnerships look like? That was the question posed to industry thought leaders earlier t…
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The Big Picture: See you at Camp Nou?
With professional soccer teams around Europe continuing to play to spectatorless stadiums amid the pandemic, FC Barcelon…
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An MBA student’s remote internship journey
*Rakuten hires MBA students for its summer internship program from top business schools around the world each year. In 2…
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Inside Japan and Taiwan’s sweet trade relationship
Since launching in Taiwan in 2008, Rakuten has made no secret of its Japanese roots. Rakuten’s services are immensely po…
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Completing the connectivity puzzle
This article is part of a series highlighting the collaboration between Rakuten Mobile and its partners to build the wor…