Mr Ikeda took over the leadership in 1960 and soon formed the Komeito (Clean Government Party).

ECONOMIST: Japan

Egashira N, Iwasaki K, Akiyoshi Y, Takagaki Y, Hatip-Al-Khatib I, Mishima K, Kurauchi K, Ikeda T, Fujiwara M.

FORBES: Chinese Medicine Infiltrates Scientific Publishing

Ikeda was ranked highly because he had won seven events on the Japan Tour in the two previous years.

WSJ: Why Scientists Love to Study Golf

In 2010, for example, American Nick Watney and Yuta Ikeda of Japan had similar world rankings, Nos. 36 and 40, respectively.

WSJ: Why Scientists Love to Study Golf

It tolerates no criticism whatsoever of Mr Ikeda, who elevated himself to honorary chairman after a series of scandals in the 1970s.

ECONOMIST: Japan

He has done this through overseas acquisitions, including Buy.com (US), Priceminister (France), Ikeda (now Rakuten Brasil), Tradoria (now Rakuten Deutschland), and Play.com (UK).

FORBES: Can Rakuten Maverick CEO Mikitani's New Organization Change Japan?

"We've been here for three generations, " says Tomohiro Ikeda, whose circuit-board company has gone from employing 18 workers 20 years ago to just two today.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | GizmoLand! | Handmade Tales

In the 12 events in that period where he and Watney both played, Watney beat Ikeda 10 times and missed no cuts, to five missed cuts for Ikeda.

WSJ: Why Scientists Love to Study Golf

In fact, there are two types of density, according to a recent study by Peter Gordon of the University of Southern California and Sanford Ikeda of the State University of New York, Purchase.

WSJ: To Build Creative Cities, the Sky Has Its Limit by Richard Florida

Tomohiko Ikeda, the head of global sales and marketing for Subaru parent company Fuji Heavy Industries in Japan, said in a press conference at the New York auto show that Subaru intends to make up for lost time.

FORBES: New York Auto Show: Subaru Adds Its First-Ever Hybrid, Based On The Subaru XV Crosstrek