{"id":208314,"date":"2026-05-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/how-mickey-mikitani-built-rakuten-into-a-tech-empire\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:05:11","slug":"how-mickey-mikitani-built-rakuten-into-a-tech-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/how-mickey-mikitani-built-rakuten-into-a-tech-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mickey Mikitani built Rakuten into a tech empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2026\/05\/03\/managing-asia-rakuten.html\">How Mickey Mikitani built Rakuten into a tech empire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2026\/05\/03\/managing-asia-rakuten.html\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2026\/05\/03\/managing-asia-rakuten.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-03 18:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnbc.com\">www.cnbc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rakuten founder Mickey Mikitani discusses his journey in building one of Japan&#8217;s most influential tech companies, highlighting the evolution from an online marketplace to a diverse tech conglomerate.<\/li>\n<li>Mikitani reflects on his early belief in the potential of the internet, which helped shape the early direction of the company.<\/li>\n<li>He talks about his decision to make English the common language within the company, facilitating innovation and global collaboration.<\/li>\n<li>Mikitani explains his bold strategies to compete in Japan&#8217;s mobile market, challenging established companies and driving growth.<\/li>\n<li>The founder elaborates on Rakuten&#8217;s current focus on artificial intelligence and its potential to drive future innovations.<\/li>\n<li>Mikitani shares insights into his long-term investment strategies and his vision for Rakuten in the context of global and technological trends.<\/li>\n<li>He expresses his hopes for the company representing the future of Japanese entrepreneurship, emphasizing innovation and global expansion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Mickey Mikitani built Rakuten into a tech empire https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2026\/05\/03\/managing-asia-rakuten.html Publish Date: 2026-05-03 18:00:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108300414-MA_RAKUTEN_THUMB_CLEAN.png?v=1777601445&w=1920&h=1080","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-208314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208316,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208314\/revisions\/208316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}