News Rakuten's Mikitani to donate 1bn JPY to Ukraine

[thomas]

Rakuten Group Inc.'s CEO Hiroshi Mikitani announced today to donate one billion JPY (~8.65m USD) to the Ukrainian government for humanitarian assistance following Russia's invasion of the country.

The founder of e-commerce giant Rakuten Group Inc. said in a letter addressed to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the donation of ¥1 billion ($8.7 million) will go toward "humanitarian activities to help people in Ukraine who are victims of the violence." Mikitani said he visited Kyiv in 2019 and met with Zelenskyy. "My thoughts are with you and Ukraine people," Mikitani said in his letter. "I believe that the trampling of a peaceful and democratic Ukraine by unjustified force is a challenge to democracy. I sincerely hope that Russia and Ukraine can resolve this issue peacefully and that Ukraine people can have peace again as soon as possible," he wrote.

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Rakuten CEO Mikitani to donate ¥1 bil to Ukraine

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group Inc, said Sunday he will donate 1 billion yen to the Ukrainian government for humanitarian assistance following Russia's invasion of the country. "I am deeply saddened by the news," Mikitani said in an English letter...

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I'm very impressed and decided to use our Rakuten card more often from now on.

 

[日本語 Class]

Thats very good, I luv Rakuten tbh

 

[salyavin]

If you like them they hire a lot of foreigners and work officially in English though Japanese will help you. I interviewed there in the past and one hint I can give you is read at least one if not two Mikitani's books in translation as they want to hear what you thought during the interview. If you have IT skills working there is really realistic Initial interview is in English and can be done online. A JLPT rank is helpful..

 

[日本語 Class]

Its one of the things Ive thought lately, Japan is one of the countries that need many foreigners, and Rakuten is in so many industries, and one of the most modern and global-minded Japanese companies lets be honest, so what if it could happen in the future

What are these books, biographic？I could try to find

 

[salyavin]

• Mickey Mikitani, Business-do: The Way to Successful Leadership, Wiley, 2018
• ・Mickey Mikitani, 成功の法則92ヶ条 (Golden Rules of Success), Gentosha, 2012.
• ・Mickey Mikitani, 成功のコンセプト (Principles for Success), Gentosha, 2009.

They added one to their list (the 2018 one) since I last interviewed there. Basically they ask you what you thought about it.

 

[日本語 Class]

Interesting, thank you I'll check them