Kara Swisher interviews Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten, the Japanese online retail giant, about the future of e-commerce and why he placed a $50 million bet on hot social book-marking site Pinterest ...

Rakuten’s chief dismissed skeptics who call the Japanese e-commerce pioneer’s mobile foray a mistake and said the telecom arm is central for future growth through artificial intelligence.

KYIV--Hiroshi Mikitani, the founder and chief executive of Rakuten Group (4755.T), on Saturday touted the ability of his company’s Viber messaging platform to counter Russian propaganda.

Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani, the chairman and CEO of Tokyo-based e-commerce retailing company Rakuten Group Inc., pledged Feb. 27 to donate 1 billion yen ($8.7 million) to the Ukrainian ...

Sam Wu, previously senior VP of finance, will take over from interim CEO Masaya Ueno, who is to assume a new role leading Rakuten’s global media business group. Ueno took on the temporary position at ...

Rakuten Billionaire Defends Costly Mobile Foray With Big AI Bet Wireless arm weighs on online retailer’s cash-churning units CEO Hiroshi Mikitani faces crowded arena for Japan AI lead ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Tech Insider recently caught up with Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani at our IGNITION 2015 event. We asked him why he takes his executives mountain climbing instead of ...

Rakuten Mobile unveiled an AI service for enterprises, with the aim of giving all businesses in Japan access to low-cost and ...

CEO Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani tells Business ... (Although the climb is difficult, some trails, including the one that Rakuten employees take, are signficantly less dangerous than others.) ...

CEO of Rakuten Trade. “In 2025, Rakuten Trade’s strategic roadmap focuses on innovation and customer-centricity, aiming to drive further disruption and set new standards in the digital trading ...