{"id":7811,"date":"2024-02-07T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=7811"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:10:02","slug":"minami-maeda","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/leadership\/minami-maeda","title":{"rendered":"Minami Maeda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7811\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7811-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"padding: 25px 25px 25px 25px;\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7811-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-7811-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7811-0-0-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div class=\"leadership-member\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"profile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/02\/%E2%97%8BMinami-Maeda_white-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Minami Maeda Profile Photo\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"name\">Minami Maeda<\/h3>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>President, Rakuten Medical, Inc.<\/strong><br>\nRepresentative Director and Vice Chairman, Rakuten Medical K.K.\nChairman, Rakuten Medical Taiwan, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n.leadership-member {\n\tdisplay: grid;\n}\n.leadership-member h3 {\n\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\twidth: calc(100% - 15px);\n\tcolor: #bf0000;\n\tline-height: 1.4em;\n\ttransform: translateX(15px) translateY(-25px);\n\tpadding: 10px 10px 4px;\n\tbackground-color: #fff;\n}\n.leadership-member p.title {\n\twidth: calc(100% - 15px);\n\tpadding: 0 10px 10px;\n\ttransform: translateX(15px) translateY(-25px);\n}\n\n.leadership-member a,\n.leadership-member a:hover {\n\tcolor: #000;\n\ttext-decoration: none;\n}\n<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-7811-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7811-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>As President of Rakuten Medical, Minami is driving innovation under the company\u2019s mission to conquer cancer, guided also by his personal mission to make society better. Minami and the Rakuten Medical team are highly dedicated to discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering photoimmunotherapy\u2014an innovative drug-device combination therapy based on the Alluminox\u00ae platform\u2014to patients worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining Rakuten Medical in 2017, Minami has demonstrated outstanding leadership and strategic acumen. He has played a pivotal role in establishing a scalable business model in commercial settings, building robust supply chains, advancing drug &amp; device pipeline development, and leading constructive engagement with governmental and regulatory authorities. These efforts have been instrumental in driving the company\u2019s business growth and expanding patient access to its therapies, both commercially in Japan and globally through clinical trials. His ability to identify the needs of patients and the medical community and align them with technological advancements has significantly contributed to Rakuten Medical's innovation and global impact.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Rakuten Medical, Minami established his business and public policy expertise at McKinsey &amp; Company in Tokyo and Johannesburg and later served in government as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare and in the Prime Minister's Office of Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Minami earned a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and also studied at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-7811","1":"leadership","2":"type-leadership","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minami Maeda - Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/leadership\/minami-maeda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minami Maeda - Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As President of Rakuten Medical, Minami is driving innovation under the company\u2019s mission to conquer cancer, guided also by his [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/leadership\/minami-maeda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T04:10:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/RakutenMedical_KV.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/minami-maeda\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/minami-maeda\\\/\",\"name\":\"Minami Maeda - Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-08T00:42:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-31T04:10:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/minami-maeda\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/minami-maeda\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/minami-maeda\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minami Maeda\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.\",\"description\":\"Rakuten Medical, Inc. is a global biotechnology company developing precision, cell-targeting investigational therapies on its Alluminox\u2122TM technology platform. 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