Billionaire Mikitani Threatens Abe With Court Over Drug Sales
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Hiroshi Mikitani, the billionaire head of online retailer Rakuten Inc., said he would take the government to court if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approves a bill that would keep some regulations on online drug sales.
“If this proposal is passed into law, then unfortunately I’ll have no other option but to resign” from a key government council on industrial competitiveness, Mikitani, 48, told reporters in Tokyo today. “This is an unreasonable and archaic principle they are trying to stick to.”