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&lt;/script&gt;</html><description>[:en] Today I interviewed James Chen for the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan at the Roppongi Hills Club. James is an American entrepreneur whose company was acquired by Rakuten Ichiba in 2009. James is now an executive officer of Rakuten in Japan, working directly under Rakuten CEO and founder, Hiroshi Mikitani. I asked James about his views on entrepreneurship in Japan both during lunch and during the interview, and James had some interesting things to say. James feels that in theory, the Japanese can have ideas that are just as good as their counterparts overseas, but there is simply the lack of support to test and develop them. James [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>http://www.relansa.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/james-chen-steven-bleistein.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>
