Japan

Tech & Innovation

July 12, 2019 3 min read

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

Last September in Sa…
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Sports & Entertainment

July 12, 2019 3 min read

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

Last month, two-time…
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Sports & Entertainment

May 23, 2019 3 min read

Rakuten loud and proud at Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade 2019

Rakuten brought the…
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Sports & Entertainment

May 14, 2019 3 min read

Handmade in Harajuku: Rakuma’s pop-up store wins the hearts of Mother’s Day shoppers

Japanese consumers a…
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Sports & Entertainment

April 1, 2019 4 min read

Make way for Reiwa: Rakuten Insight shares unique perspectives on the Japan calendar change

Goodbye Heisei, hell…
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Tech & Innovation

March 20, 2019 4 min read

Blockchain and cryptocurrency in Japan: an expert view

Maurizio Raffone’s s…
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Sports & Entertainment

February 19, 2019 4 min read

Vissel Kobe superstar Iniesta takes Japan to Europe in new travel initiative

When Andres Iniesta…
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Sports & Entertainment

January 4, 2019 4 min read

19 things we’re looking forward to in 2019

2018 was a banner ye…
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Tech & Innovation

December 21, 2018 5 min read

Mint chocolate, Akita dogs and transparent beer: The trends that shaped Japan in 2018

It’s that time of th…
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Tech & Innovation

December 12, 2018 4 min read

How Rakuten Pay became Japan’s favorite mobile payment app

The instantly recogn…
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