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Vissel sign ex-Barcelona star Andres Iniesta to massive deal
J. League club Vissel Kobe on Thursday announced the audacious signing of World Cup-winning former Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta in a deal reported to be worth over ¥3 billion a year. "This is a very special day for me," the 34-year-old Iniesta, who played his ...
Rakuten Inc. gets approval to become nation's fourth major wireless carrier
E-commerce giant granted access to a fierce competition for subscribers alongside industry heavyweights who have long dominated the cellular market.
Masataka Nashida's return next season for a third year at the helm of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles was formalized on Wednesday as the manager accepted team owner Hiroshi Mikitani's offer. The 64-year-old Nashida has accepted a contract running through next season that carries an ...
Rakuten, NBA teaming up in media partnership deal
Rakuten, Inc. is active in expanding its brand on a global scale, partnering with some of the world's most famous sports teams like soccer powerhouse FC Barcelona and the reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors this year. Now, it has struck another big deal. The NBA ...
Rakuten, Barcelona hail official start of partnership, lucrative sponsorship
Rakuten Inc. will be splashing its name across "the most important shirt in the world," according to Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, after the e-commerce giant celebrated the start of its four-year, $235 million sponsorship with the iconic Spanish soccer club on Thursday. "I think they ...
German World Cup winner Lukas Podolski on Thursday vowed to bolster enthusiasm for Japanese soccerl after arriving to join Vissel Kobe, bucking a trend of big-name players moving to cash-rich China. "I know the J. League is the strongest in Asia and I am determined ...
Rakuten Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani is named as a shareholder of a company in an offshore tax haven in the Panama Papers.
Rakuten chief Mikitani linked to stake in offshore firm; tax dodge denied
Rakuten chief Hiroshi Mikitani apparently owns part of a company in an offshore tax haven named in the Panama Papers data leak but denies trying to avoid taxes.
Can upgraded home stadiums give boost to BayStars, Eagles?
Going from worst to first — last place to a pennant — is difficult for any professional baseball team. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows managed to do it this past season in the Central League, and the two clubs that finished at the bottom of ...
Billionaire Mikitani builds new Tokyo house as luxury prices gain
Billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, Japan's fourth-richest man, is building a house in central Tokyo that is estimated to cost at least ¥2.3 billion, underscoring a shortage in the city's luxury housing market. The two-story house is on an 880-sq.-meter site in an exclusive neighborhood in Shibuya ...
Rakuten falls most in four months on talks to acquire Ebates
Rakuten share prices fell further Monday than they had in four months after the owner of Japan's largest online mall said it is in talks to buy U.S. website operator Ebates Shopping.com Inc. Rakuten, controlled by billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, is negotiating the acquisition, according to ...
Rakuten Inc., the e-commerce company led by billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, issued its first public bonds Friday, selling ¥30 billion of three-year notes. The operator of Japan's largest Internet mall sold ¥10 billion of 0.377 percent notes at a yield premium of 27 basis points more ...
