Asian Business : Directory

Asiaweek awards Hiroshi Mikitani of Rakuten, the online retailer, the # 31 spot in its Power 50 rankings for his role in changing the culture of Japanese consumption.

Hiroshi Mikitani is on the team of Teton Industries, an organization that invests in middle-market manufacturing companies in various industries. Teton Industries provides a short professional biography of Mikitani.

BusinessWeek Online has included Hiroshi Mikitani as one of its stars of Asian entrepreneurship. This page features a short biographical sketch about Mikitani and his career path.

This BusinessWeek article compares Hiroshi Mikitani's company, Rakuten, to Amazon. The article also compares Rakuten to Ebay. Rakuten and Mikitani have attracted media attention due to the changes in Japanese consumption patterns that Rakuten has triggered.

Hiroshi Mikitani of Rakuten is quoted in a Harvard Business School article about consumer marketing in Asia. Mikitani is Harvard Business School alumnus, class of 1993.

CNN has published an article discussing the dominance of online shopping and the role Hiroshi Mikitani plays in online shopping, via Rakuten. The article also reveals who Mikitani's heroes are.

Hiroshi Mikitani is a speaker at the conference CEATEC JAPAN 2006. Mikitani's speech is entitled, "Rakuten's growth strategy and the future of Internet business."

Hiroshi Mikitani is panelist at a corporate conference sponsored by the Japan Society. This event, "Japan's Comeback"-What are the Challenges for the New Abe Government?, discusses the economic challenges after the bursting of the 1980's bubble.