Rakuten’s Mikitani Spends a Fifth of His Time on Biotech Startup

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Rakuten Medical, based in San Diego, employs about 200 people and specializes in a therapy that uses light and immunotherapy drugs to fight cancer

is losing billions of dollars to break into Japan’s wireless market, said he’s devoting a fifth of his time to a US-based biotech startup for cancer treatments, describing it as “a social project” where profitability isn’t a top priority.

“I don’t think there’s a problem with the use of my time,” Mikitani said in an interview in Yokohama, Japan, where he spoke at conference held by the

 

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