Rakuten ropes in Japan Post as biggest shareholder in fight against Amazon

Rakuten ropes in Japan Post as biggest shareholder in fight against Amazon

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Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc said on Friday it would sell an 8.32% stake to postal and banking giant Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd, deepening a logistics tie-up in the face of competition from rivals such as Amazon.com Inc.

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