# Rakuten founding date

entity: /record/rakuten.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/rakuten/founded  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, Rakuten's founding date on the AsOf record is February 7, 1997, dated February 7, 1997, from a primary source (corp.rakuten.co.jp). The record holds 1 claim on Rakuten's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-10-31.

- [Rakuten](/record/rakuten.md) | founded | 1997-02-07 | valid 1997-02-07 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_F78AC53C728D](/claim/clm_F78AC53C728D.md)
  sources: https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/about/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973054

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Rakuten](/record/rakuten.md) | founded | 1997-02-07 | valid 1997-02-07 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_F78AC53C728D](/claim/clm_F78AC53C728D.md)
  sources: https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/about/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973054

## Questions this record answers

### What is Rakuten's current founding date?

February 7, 1997, dated February 7, 1997, from a primary source (corp.rakuten.co.jp). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/rakuten/founded (this fact) · /v1/entities/rakuten?predicates=founded (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "rakuten", predicates: ["founded"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/rakuten.md · timeline: /timelines/rakuten.md

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