Hiroshi Mikitani speaking at Rakuten
Expo 2022
RAKUTEN : THE NUMBERS
• Seven million subscribers
• 500k subscribers added between March-May 2024 alone
• 2.9 % of Japan ’ s mobile phone subscriptions , which is a 07 % increase from 2023
• 224.9bn yen ( US $ 1.5bn ) generated
Alongside his responsibilities at Rakuten , Mickey has also had a leadership role across several other notable organisations in Japan . Having joined the Japanese business federation , Keidanren , in 2004 , he left in 2011 shortly after the Fukushima nuclear disaster citing disagreement over its reliance on the nuclear industry for electricity .
Likewise , in 2022 , he announced a ¥ 1 billion ( US $ 8.7m ) donation to the Ukrainian government to support it during the Russian invasion .
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