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Rakuten has partnered with the largest annual international team competition in tennis, the Davis Cup.

The Davis Cup by Rakuten: Rakuten partners with the “World Cup of Tennis”

June 4, 2019

Rakuten has partnered with the largest annual international team competition in tennis, the Davis Cup.

The Davis Cup by Rakuten: Rakuten partners with the “World Cup of Tennis”

June 4, 2019

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A group of practioners who use AI in their work, discussed how artificial intelligence is transforming clinical and research medicine at NEST 2019 in Tokyo.

How artificial intelligence can help redefine health and medicine

July 18, 2019

By creating a new Autonomous Networking Research & Innovation Department within Rakuten Mobile, the company aims to revolutionize the telecomms industry.

Rakuten Mobile launches new Research and Innovation team

July 18, 2019

Buoyed by the success of the inaugural event, Rakuten is now introducing Japan to Rakuten Optimism, with a 4-day premier business event and festival set to kick off on July 31.

Rakuten Optimism 2019 launches this summer: Japan’s newest premier business event and festival

July 12, 2019

Leading skills development & performance trainer Brandon Payne helped train basketball coaches in Japan as part of Stephen Curry's Underrated Tour.

Brandon Payne, personal skills development & performance coach of Stephen Curry, trains coaches in Japan

July 12, 2019

The Rakuten Cloud Innovation Lab is designed to make it simple & straightforward for vendors to ensure software works as intended with Rakuten’s new network

Mobilizing at Internet Speed: Rakuten Cloud Innovation Lab

July 11, 2019

Despite the many important choices any CEO makes each day, it’s rare that they spend the time to actually reflect on the way they make decisions.

How to make decisions like a CEO

July 11, 2019

The Age of Convergence: Mark Haviland shares vision for the future at Rakuten Expo 2019 in Paris

July 9, 2019

Rakuten Institute of Technology is developing computer vision technologies for various applications that go beyond face detection and recognition.

Computer vision: Helping us to make sense of our world

July 5, 2019

Rakuten Recipe has partnered with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to bring space food recipes down to Earth.

Recipes that are truly out of this world

July 1, 2019

Stuck on a desert island with nothing to eat or drink? Rakuten's new drone delivery service is the first in Japan to offer regular drone deliveries to consumers on a remote island.

Rakuten’s new island-hopping drone delivery service

June 28, 2019

Tokyo was the final stop of the year for Stephen Curry's Underrated Tour and the first outside of the United States. Here were the highlights from the two day event.

Stephen Curry inspires Japan’s next generation of basketball stars at Underrated Tour Tokyo

June 26, 2019

For small business owners dreaming of going global, Rakuten’s new mobile network will be a game changer said Chuck Robbins at Cisco Live in San Diego.

How the world changed: Cisco CEO on Rakuten’s new mobile network

June 26, 2019

How do you take a collection of disparate parts & form them into a robust ecosystem that supports your customers' needs? Here are some essential ingredients

Building a consumer-focused ecosystem

June 21, 2019

Rakuten Sports is a live streaming, video on demand and community platform designed to power live sports matches from top leagues and teams around the globe

J.League soccer goes global with new sports entertainment platform “Rakuten Sports”

June 13, 2019

For fans of Messi’s art on the soccer field and followers of the legendary Cirque du Soleil, the launch of Messi10 is a match of incomparable talents.

Rakuten to become title sponsor for Cirque du Soleil extravaganza Messi10

June 12, 2019

The Rakuten TV NBA Finals public viewing party with Kemba Walker in Tokyo was the company’s biggest fan event yet with more than 650 attendees in all.

Kemba Walker talks hoops at Rakuten TV NBA Finals public viewing event in Tokyo

June 7, 2019

Rakuten Mobile's Tareq Amin & Netcracker's Robin Laliberte, discuss Rakuten’s compelling go-to-market approach and the story behind the powerful Rakuten-Netcracker partnership.

Rakuten’s digital transformation rewrites the rules for the mobile market

June 7, 2019

Public expectations for 5G are soaring ahead of network rollouts in '19. Here's the one thing needed to make the mobile dream a reality according to experts

Building Confidence in 5G: Expert panel in Tokyo

May 31, 2019

Rakuten's new partnership with global film company The H Collective marks the company's latest step into into the entertainment industry.

Rakuten goes Hollywood: ‘Brightburn’ and ‘xXx 4’ investment announced

May 24, 2019

The Rakuten LGBT+ Network brought out more than 100 employees, partners and friends to celebrate Japan’s largest annual LGBT* event in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Rakuten loud and proud at Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade 2019

May 23, 2019