{"id":3663,"date":"2026-05-04T02:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/05\/04\/rakutens-rise-from-e-commerce-pioneer-to-ai-driven-tech-giant\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T02:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:59:14","slug":"rakutens-rise-from-e-commerce-pioneer-to-ai-driven-tech-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/05\/04\/rakutens-rise-from-e-commerce-pioneer-to-ai-driven-tech-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakuten&#8217;s Rise: From E-commerce Pioneer to AI-Driven Tech Giant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rakuten, initially an online marketplace, has evolved into a major Japanese tech conglomerate with interests in e-commerce, fintech, and telecom. Founder Mickey Mikitani discusses the key decisions driving Rakuten&#8217;s success, including embracing the internet early and investing in AI. The interview explores Rakuten&#8217;s future and its role in Japanese entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/managing-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE FROM CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rakuten, initially an online marketplace, has evolved into a major Japanese tech conglomerate with interests in e-commerce, fintech, and telecom. Founder Mickey Mikitani discusses the key decisions driving Rakuten&#8217;s success, including embracing the internet early and investing in AI. The interview explores Rakuten&#8217;s future and its role in Japanese entrepreneurship. READ MORE FROM CNBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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=750&h=422&vtcrop=y","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29,31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-affairs","category-technology","category-travel","rifnote_country-japan","rifnote_executive-christine-tan","rifnote_executive-mickey-mikitani"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108300414-MA_RAKUTEN_THUMB_CLEAN.png?v=1777601445&w=750&h=422&vtcrop=y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}