Hiroshi Mikitani
Founder, chairman and chief executive of Rakuten
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I have a nice life but if everybody else had a better quality of life, too, Britain would be a nicer place.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 May 2021 source ↗
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