According to Forbes, there were 22 billionaires in US$ in Japan in 2010 and 19 in 2003. Short-term credit and real estate fortunes were the main sufferers of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Retail, Internet-related businesses and gaming are the main winners.
Japanese billionaires in 2010
Name
Tadashi Yanai & family
Nobutada Saji & family
Akira Mori
Masayoshi Son
Kunio Busujima & family
Hiroshi Mikitani
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Eitaro Itoyama
Takemitsu Takizaki
Masahiro Miki
Shigenobu Nagamori
Keichiro Takahara
Masatoshi Ito
Han Chang-Woo & family
Katsumi Tada
Minoru Mori
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Soichiro Fukutake
Ryōichi Jinnai & family
Tetsuro Funai
Kazuo Okada
Nobutoshi Shimamura
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Age
61
64
73
52
84
45
82
67
64
54
65
79
85
79
64
75
33
64
83
83
67
84
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Fortune
in US$ bn
7.6
7.5
6.3
5.9
5.4
4.8
4.2
3.4
3.1
2.2
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.8
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.0
1.0
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Source
Self-made
Inherited
Inherited
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Inherited
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Inherited
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Inherited
Self-made
Inherited
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
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Industry
Retail
Beverages
Real estate
Internet & Banking
Pachinko
e-Commerce
Video Games
Golf courses
Sensors
Retail
Micro motors
Personal care products
Retail
Gaming
Real estate
Real estate
Social networking
Education
Credit
VCR's
Pachinko
Retail
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Company
Fast Retailing
Suntory
Mori Trust Group
Softbank
Sankyo
Rakuten
Nintendo
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Keyence
ABC Mart
Nidec
Unicharm
Ito-Yokado, 7-Eleven
Maruhan, Mister Donut
Daito Trust Construction
Mori Trust Group
Gree
Benesse
Promise
Funai Electric
Aruze
Shimamura
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Japanese billionaires in 2003
Name
Nobutada Saji & family
Yasuo Takei & family
Eitaro Itoyama
Fukuzo Iwasaki
Akira Mori
Kyosuke Kinoshita & family
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
Masatoshi Ito
Tetsuro Funai
Yoshitaka Fukuda & family
Kunio Busujima & family
Takemitsu Takizaki
Ryōichi Jinnai & family
Hideo Morita & family
Kenichi Mabuchi & family
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Masayoshi Son
Den Fujita & family
Kazuo Okada
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Age
57
73
60
78
66
62
68
78
76
55
63
57
76
51
70
75
45
77
60
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Fortune
in US$ bn
7.1
5.0
4.1
4.1
4.1
2.7
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.2
1.8
1.7
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.1
1.0
1.0
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Source
Inherited
Self-made
Inherited
Inherited
Inherited
Inherited
Inherited
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Inherited
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
Self-made
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Industry
Beverages
Credit
Golf courses
Real estate
Real estate
Credit
Real estate
Retail
VCR's
Credit
Pachinko
Sensors
Credit
Electronics
Micromotors
Video Games
Internet & Banking
Fast Food
Pachinko
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Company
Suntory
Takefuji
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-
Mori Trust Group
Acom
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Ito-Yokado, 7-Eleven
Funai Electric
Aiful
Sankyo
Keyence
Promise
Sony
Mabuchi Motor
Nintendo
Softbank
McDonald's Japan
Aruze
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