Entrepreneur mentored by Rakuten billionaire becomes one himself

People commute early morning in Tokyo. Only about 2% of full-time workers in Japan changed jobs last year, Minami said, citing government data. — AFP

Soichiro Swimmy Minami came under the wing of Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, the founder of e-commerce giant Rakuten Group Inc, when he worked at Rakuten’s professional baseball team back in 2004.

Mikitani told him businesses must fix a social problem. Minami took his words to heart.