{
  "id": 467168,
  "title": "Rakuten Group Logs 1st Jan.-June Operating Profit in 7 Yrs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/rakuten-group-logs-1st-jan-june-operating-profit-in-7-yrs",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026081000781/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)--Major Japanese e-commerce and mobile phone operator Rakuten Group Inc. on Monday posted its first January-June consolidated operating profit in seven years. Its operating profit came to 50.4 billion yen in the first-half period, against a loss of 6.6 billion yen a year earlier, driven by strengths in its online shopping and financial operations as well as a small...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}