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Rakuten billionaire defends mobile bet
RAKUTEN Group Inc.’s chief dismissed skeptics who call the Japanese e-commerce pioneer’s mobile foray a mistake and said the telecom arm is central for future growth through artificial intelligence. A decision to enter Japan’s cutthroat wireless market has saddled Rakuten with four years of losses, weighing on its cash-churning online…