Rakuten Group to merge five subsidiaries to streamline operations

It will be effective from 1 January 2026.

Rakuten Group, Inc. has announced that it will merge five of its wholly-owned subsidiaries—Rakuten Mart, Inc., Rakuten Ticket, Inc., Rakuten Car Inc., Rakuten STAY, Inc., and Monzen Corporation Japan—into the parent company, effective 1 January 2026.

As a simplified absorption-type merger involving consolidated subsidiaries, the merger will proceed without requiring approval at the general shareholders’ meetings of the involved companies.

Rakuten stated that the purpose of the merger is to improve operational efficiency and reduce administrative costs across the group. The company emphasised its continued commitment to strengthening the Rakuten Ecosystem, which connects over 70 services spanning e-commerce, travel, content, mobile, FinTech, and professional sports.

The company is also accelerating group-wide use of AI to further improve cost efficiency.

Rakuten Group, Inc. will be the surviving entity, while the five subsidiaries will be dissolved. As the merger involves wholly-owned subsidiaries, no new shares will be issued and no payments will be made.

The company confirmed that none of the merging subsidiaries have issued share subscription rights or bonds with subscription rights.

There will be no changes to Rakuten Group’s corporate name, headquarters, representative structure, core business, capital, or fiscal year-end following the merger. The company also noted that additional internal mergers may be considered in the future and will be disclosed as necessary.