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Uniqulo's Tadashi Yanai Tops Forbes Japan's 50 Richest List



Japan’s new government, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has ushered in an era of monetary easing in Japan since December, weakening the yen and making exports cheaper and Japanese stocks more attractive. From his party’s election in December to March, the yen is down 10.9% against the dollar. But sales are up and stock prices are skyrocketing at many of Japan’s leading companies. In fact the Nikkei is up in both yen and dollar terms (22.9% and 8.5% respectively), returning to levels not seen since 2008. That means impressive increases in the fortunes of Japan’s 50 wealthiest.

The collective wealth of Japan’s 50 Richest tops $112 billion. Tadashi Yanai occupies the top spot once again at $15.5 billion, a 46% gain from last year. The successful expansion abroad of his Fast Retailing has propelled rumors of an even bigger prize, such as acquiring the U.S.’ Gap. Masayoshi Son, Japan’s third richest ($9.1 billion), has made a play for his U.S. spoils, announcing in October a deal to acquire 70% of Spring Nextel for $20.1 billion. The tie-up is currently being reviewed by U.S. regulators.

[Read More at Forbes.com]

For those that are wondering Yoshikazu Tanaka (36) is single. Hiroko Takei (71) and Yoshiko Mori (72) are widowed. Yusaku Maezawa (37) is divorced. Within the list GREE, Inc.'s founder, Yoshikazu Tanaka is the youngest individual at 36 years old. Minoru Otsuka is the oldest individual at 89 years old. There are four women within the list, Hiroko Takei and Yoshiko Mori inherited the business from their husbands. While Chizuko Matsui (59) inherited her business from her father (with her husband marrying into her family). Tomoko Namba (50) is self-made


[no. 1 - no. 2]
Rank Name (age) Net Worth ($Bil)   Source of wealth  
1 Tadashi Yanai & family (64) 15.5 Fast Retailing
2 Nobutada Saiji family (67) 10.7 Suntory
3 Masayoshi Son (55)     9.1 Softbank
4 Hiroshi Mikitani (48) 6.4 Rakuten
5 Kunoi Busujima & family (88) 5.2 Sankyo
6 Akira Mori & family (76) 5.0 Mori Trust
7 Takemitsu Takizaki (67) 4.7 Keyence
8 Han Chang-Woo & family (82)   3.4 Maruhan
9 Keiichiro Takahara (82) 3.3 Unicharm
10 Masatoshi Ito (88) 2.8 Seven & I (7-eleven)


[no. 11 - no. 20]
Rank Name (age) Net Worth ($Bil)   Source of wealth  
11 Shoji Uehara (85) 2.50 Taisho Pharmaceutical
12 Masahiro Miki (57) 2.40 ABC-Mart
13 Hiroshi Yamguchi (85)   2.10 Nintendo
14 Hiroko Takei & family (71) 2.00 Takefuji
15 Yoshikazu Tanaka (36) 1.90 GREE, Inc.
16 Yasumitsu Shigeta (48) 1.65 Hikari Tsushin
17 Kanazawa Brothers 1.60 Sanyo Bussan
18 Kinoshita Brothers    1.56 Acom
19 Katsumi Tada (67) 1.52 Daito Trust Construction
20 Kazuo Okada & family (70)   1.50 Universal Entertainment Corporation


[no. 21 - no. 30]
Rank Name (age) Net Worth ($Bil)   Source of wealth  
21 Chizuko & Michio Matsui (59/60) 1.40 Matsui Securities
22 Minoru and Yuji Otsuka (89/59)  1.34 Otsuka Corporation
23 Shigenobu Nagamori (68)     1.30 Nidec
24 Tada Brothers 1.26 Sundrug
25 Soichiro Fukutake (67) 1.25 Benesse
26 Kagemasa Kozuki (72) 1.20 Konami
27 Hajime Satomi (71) 1.17 Sega Sammy Holdings
28 Ryoichi Jinnai (86)   1.10 Promise
29 Takao Yasuda (63) 1.08 Don Quijote
30 Kanbee Kokubu & family (73)   1.07 Kokubu


[no. 31 - no. 40]
Rank Name (age) Net Worth ($Bil)   Source of wealth  
31 Nobutoshi Shimamura & family (87)  1.06 Shimamura
32 Akio Nitori (69) 1.04 Nitori
33 Yoshiko Mori (72) 1.00 Mori Building Company
34 Kazuo Inamori & family (81)  0.96 Kyocera
35 Masayuki Ishihara & family (64) 0.93 Heiwa
36 Hirokazu Sugiura & family (62) 0.91 Sugi Holdings
37 Yoji Sato & family (67) 0.89 Dynam Holdings
38 Muneaki Masuda (62)   0.85 Culture Convenience Club (Tsutaya)
39 Hiroshi Ishibashi (66) 0.82 Bridgestone Corp.
40 Nobuyoshi Fujisawa (43) 0.82 J Trust


[no. 41 - no. 50]

Rank Name (age) Net Worth ($Bil)   Source of wealth  
41 Tetsuro Funai (86)  0.75 Funai Electric
42 Yusaku Maezawa (37) 0.74 Zozotown
43 Kentaro Ogawa & family (64) 0.73 Zensho
44 Yoshitaka Fukuda (65)  0.63 Aiful
45 Yasuhiro Fukushima (65) 0.57 Square Enix
46 Masahiro Noda (74) 0.55 Obic
47 Tomoko Nanba (50) 0.55 DeNA
48 Eitaro Itoyama (70)   0.50 Shin Nihon Kanko
49 Hiroyuki Inoue 0.45 Yamato Kogyo
50 Shoichiro Toyoda (88) 0.40 Toyota


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