ForbesAsia-April2018

18. YUSAKU MAEZAWA
    $2.7 BILLION
    START TODAY
    AGE: 42


19. YOSHIKO MORI
    $2.6 BILLION
    MORI BUILDING
    AGE: 77


20. KINOSHITA FAMILY
    $2.5 BILLION
    ACOM


21. TADA BROTHERS
    $2.4 BILLION S
    SUNDRUG


22. TAKAO YASUDA
    $2.35 BILLION S
    DON QUIJOTE
    AGE: 68


23. MASATERU UNO
    $2.2 BILLION S
    COSMOS PHARMACEUTICAL
    AGE: 71


24. KATSUMI TADA
    $2.15 BILLION S
    DAISHO GROUP
    AGE: 72


25. SATOSHI SUZUKI
    $2.1 BILLION S
    POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS
    AGE: 64


26. MASAHIRO NODA
    $ 1.9 BILLION S
    OBIC AGE: 79


27. HIROKO TAKEI
    $1.8 BILLION
    TAKEFUJI


28. KANAZAWA BROTHERS
    $1.7 BILLION S
    SANYO BUSSAN


29. YASUHIRO FUKUSHIMA
    $1.6 BILLION S
    SQUARE ENIX
    AGE: 70


30. CHIZUKO & MICHIO MATSUI
    $1.55 BILLION S
    MATSUI SECURITIES
    AGE: 65


31. KENJI KASAHARA
    $1.5 BILLION T
    MIXI AGE: 42


32. KENTARO OGAWA
    $1.45 BILLION S
    ZENSHO HOLDINGS
    AGE: 69


33. YASUAKI YAMANISHI
    $1.4 BILLION S
    IZUMI AGE: 71


34. NOBUTOSHI SHIMAMURA
    $1.37 BILLION
    SHIMAMURA AGE: 92

THE LIST

SUP MORE THAN 10% TDOWN MORE THAN 10%

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HIDEO SAWADA

Up-and-comer Sawada, worth an estimated $800 million, runs publicly traded travel agency H.I.S., which provides

package tours, operates two theme parks and 25 hotels and runs bus tours. H.I.S made headlines in 2015 when it

introduced its Henn na Hotel brand, staf ed by robots like the one above.

MASAHIRO MIKI

Miki’s footwear retailer ABC-Mart said last year that it got a boost in sales from tourists to Japan,

most of whom came from China.

SAWADA: TREVOR WILLIAMS/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES; HEN-NA HOTEL: RODRIGO REYES MARIN/AFLO/NEWSCOM; ABC SHOES: AKIO KON/BLOOMBERG