# Rakuten

> Japanese multinational conglomerate operating in e-commerce, fintech, digital content, and communications

- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: https://global.rakuten.com
- Services tracked: 1
- Status breakdown: restricted 1
- Community votes: 3
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/rakuten

## Services

- Kobo is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10. → https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/kobo.md

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/companies/rakuten?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/rakuten
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/companies/rakuten.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/companies/rakuten.md