Hiroshi Mikitani

Higher English bar for new bureaucrats from fiscal...
Japan's central government ministries are located in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Aspiring bureaucrats will in the future be required to prove their proficiency in English before being considered for a ministry job.
Forbes: Uniqlo president again tops Japan’s...
Tadashi Yanai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
NEW YORK--Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain, has been named the richest person in Japan for the second...
Rakuten to sell its own e-reader
The Kobo Touch e-reader (Naoki Takehata)
Rakuten Inc., Japan's top online retailer, will release its own e-book reader in late July, marking its full-fledged entry into the e-book market.
Forbes: Uniqlo's Yanai is Japan's richest person
Tadashi Yanai (The Asahi Shimbun)
NEW YORK--With assets of $10.6 billion (873 billion yen), Fast Retailing Co. chief Tadashi Yanai is the richest person in Japan, according to U.S. business magazine Forbes.
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