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Sports & Entertainment

June 23, 2018 < 1 min read

How key moments in Japan’s World Cup opener showed up in online shopping traffic

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Tech & Innovation

June 18, 2018 4 min read

Rakuten Global Market: Offering Japanese Quality to the World

It was 2009, and Rak…
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Sports & Entertainment

June 13, 2018 3 min read

Indulging dads: Top Father’s Day trends in Japan from Rakuten

Break out the sake a…
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Tech & Innovation

May 16, 2018 3 min read

How AI is empowering Rakuten customers today (and how it might help them tomorrow)

April 2018 marked on…
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Tech & Innovation

April 27, 2018 4 min read

2018 Commitment to the future: CEO Presents to Japan Merchants

“Our sights ha…
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Tech & Innovation

March 13, 2018 3 min read

Meet the Trend Hunter, Rakuten Ichiba’s famous finder of fads

When a company engag…
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Tech & Innovation

February 9, 2018 4 min read

Hey Google, what’s cooking? Rakuten Recipe innovates in the kitchen

Smart speakers have…
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Sports & Entertainment

December 26, 2017 3 min read

Welcoming in the Year of the Dog with cake, osechi and nail art – for dogs

For millennia, the d…
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Sports & Entertainment

December 19, 2017 2 min read

Japanese singles get creative about Christmas alone

Christmas in Japan i…
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Tech & Innovation

December 14, 2017 4 min read

Millennial experiences and ’90s nostalgia: Japan’s top consumer trends for 2017

Each December, Rakut…
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