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Rakuten Ready to Sell Govt-Stockpiled Rice Online, CEO Says

Rakuten Ready to Sell Govt-Stockpiled Rice Online, CEO Says

Rakuten Group CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (left) meets with Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo on Friday.
Rakuten Group CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (left) meets with Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo on Friday.

   Tokyo, May 23 (Jiji Press)--Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce company, is prepared to sell government-stockpiled rice anytime soon, Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said Friday.
   Mikitani made the comments to reporters after agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi asked him in a meeting for cooperation in selling stockpiled rice online.

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