2025
Japan’s 50 Richest

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EDITED BY NAAZNEEN KARMALI
JUNE 02, 2025, 06:00 PM
- Bracing for the impact of tariffs from the U.S., its biggest export market, Japan cut its economic growth estimate for this year to 0.5% from 1.1%. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was off nearly 2% since we last measured fortunes, but a stronger yen helped to boost collective wealth of the richest by 14% to $228 billion.
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- NAMENET WORTHINDUSTRY1Tadashi Yanai & family$48.2 BFashion & Retail2Masayoshi Son$28.2 BFinance & Investments3Takemitsu Takizaki$20.7 BManufacturing4Nobutada Saji & family$10.5 BFood & Beverage5Yasumitsu Shigeta$6.9 BTelecom6Takao Yasuda$5.4 BFashion & Retail7Takahisa Takahara$5.3 BFashion & Retail8Sekiya family$5 BTechnology9Ito siblings$4.9 BFashion & Retail10Akira Mori & family$4.7 BReal Estate11Hideyuki Busujima & family$4.6 BGambling & Casinos12Hiroshi Mikitani$4.4 BFashion & Retail13Masahiro Noda$4.35 BTechnology14Masahiro Miki$4.1 BFashion & Retail15Kentaro Ogawa$3.9 BFood & Beverage16Akio Nitori$3.55 BFashion & Retail17Kagemasa Kozuki$3.5 BMedia & Entertainment18Yuji Otsuka & family$3.45 BTechnology19Yoichi & Keiko Erikawa$3.3 BMedia & Entertainment20Shigenobu Nagamori$2.8 BManufacturing21Yoshiko Mori$2.7 BReal Estate22Masateru Uno & family$2.6 BFashion & Retail23Toshio Motoya$2.3 BService24Yozo Shimano & family$2.2 BManufacturing25Yasuhiro Fukushima$2.15 BMedia & Entertainment26Katsumi Tada$2.1 BReal Estate27Masaaki Arai$2 BReal Estate28Nobutoshi Shimamura$1.9 BFashion & Retail29Tada brothers$1.85 BFashion & Retail30Nakatani family$1.8 BHealthcare31Yoshio Tsuchiya & family$1.75 BFashion & Retail32Shintaro Tsuji$1.7 BFashion & Retail33Yoshiaki Yoshida$1.65 BFashion & Retail34Yasuhide Uno$1.6 BTechnology35Kenzo Tsujimoto$1.59 BMedia & Entertainment36Kinoshita family$1.58 BFinance & Investments37Fumio Kaneko$1.57 BService38Kobayashi brothers$1.55 BFashion & Retail39Yusaku Maezawa$1.5 BTechnology40Uchiyama family$1.49 BManufacturing41Hajime Satomi$1.48 BGambling & Casinos42Toichi Takenaka & family$1.45 BConstruction & Engineering43Kazumi Iida & family$1.4 BConstruction & Engineering44Shigefumi Wada$1.35 BTechnology45Takaya Awata$1.3 BFood & Beverage46Chizuko & Michio Matsui$1.25 BFinance & Investments47Han Chang-Woo & family$1.24 BGambling & Casinos48Hiroshi Ishibashi$1.22 BAutomotive49Hisao Nagata$1.21 BFashion & Retail50Eiichi Kuriwada$1.2 BLogistics
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