Five years ago, I stood before several thousand mostly native Japanese speakers and addressed them in English. From now on, I told them, Rakuten – Japan’s largest online marketplace, of which I am CEO – would conduct all of its business, from official meetings to internal emails, in English. I still remember the shocked expressions on listeners’ faces.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/english-vital-for-japanese-businesses-by-hiroshi-mikitani-2016-04
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Showing posts with label Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani. Show all posts
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Thursday, 21 April 2016
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