http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billio...fPrmRes_13.html

Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence

124 Akira Mori & family Japan 70 7.5 Japan
149 Hiroshi Yamauchi Japan 80 6.4 Japan
194 Kunio Busujima & family Japan 82 5.3 Japan
201 Masayoshi Son Japan 50 5.1 Japan
227 Nobutada Saji & family Japan 62 4.5 Japan

236 Eitaro Itoyama Japan 65 4.4 Japan
296 Tadashi Yanai & family Japan 59 3.6 Japan
428 Takemitsu Takizaki Japan 62 2.7 Japan
446 Hiroshi Mikitani Japan 43 2.6 Japan
553 Masatoshi Ito Japan 83 2.2 Japan

573 Kazuo Okada & family Japan 65 2.1 Japan
573 Toichi Takenaka Japan 65 2.1 Japan
677 Shin Dong-Joo South Korea 54 1.8 Japan
677 Katsumi Tada Japan 62 1.8 Japan
677 Yo$hitaka Fukuda Japan 60 1.8 Japan

677 Fukuzo Iwasaki Japan 83 1.8 Japan
677 Masahiro Miki Japan 52 1.8 Japan
707 Han Chang-Woo & family Japan 77 1.7 Japan
785 Ryoichi Jinnai Japan 81 1.5 Japan
843 Soichiro Fukutake Japan 62 1.4 Japan

843 Shigenobu Nagamori Japan 54 1.4 Japan
897 Tadahiro Yoshida & family Japan 61 1.3 Japan
962 Yasumitsu Shigeta Japan 43 1.2 Japan
1062 Yasuhiro Fukushima Japan 60 1.0 Japan
1062 Minoru Mori Japan 73 1.0 Japan

But where is Mitsubishi?

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billio...fPrmRes_20.html


Korean Billionaire


412 Chung Mong-Joon South Korea 56 2.8 South Korea
412 Chung Mong-Koo South Korea 70 2.8 South Korea
605 Lee Kun-Hee South Korea 66 2.0 South Korea
605 Lee Myung-Hee South Korea 64 2.0 South Korea
652 Shin Dong-Bin South Korea 53 1.9 South Korea

707 Jay Y Lee South Korea 39 1.7 South Korea
843 Cha Yong-Keu South Korea 51 1.4 South Korea
962 Huh Chang-Soo South Korea 59 1.2 South Korea
1014 Koo Bon-Moo South Korea 63 1.1 South Korea
1062 Suh Kyung-Bae South Korea 45 1.0 South Korea

1062 Chung Yong-Jin South Korea 39 1.0 South Korea

*shrugs*

Might as well finish off the East Asian countries.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billio...OfPrmRes_3.html

Chinese billionaires:

125 Yang Huiyan China 26 7.4 China
227 Zhang Jindong China 45 4.5 China
277 Lu Zhiqiang China 55 3.9 China
307 Wong Kwong Yu China 38 3.5 China
327 Huang Wei & family China 48 3.4 China

358 Zhang Li China 55 3.1 China
368 Liang Wengen China 51 3.0 China
368 Zhang Xin & family China 43 3.0 China
396 Li Sze Lim Hong Kong 51 2.9 China
396 Shi Zhengrong Australia 45 2.9 China

412 Shi Yuzhu China 46 2.8 China
428 Liu Yonghao China 56 2.7 China
462 Cho Tak Wong Hong Kong 62 2.5 China
462 Xiaofeng Peng China 33 2.5 China
605 Guo Guangchang China 41 2.0 China

605 Huang Rulun China 57 2.0 China
605 Chen Fashu China 47 2.0 China
605 Lu Guanqiu China 63 2.0 China
652 He Xiangjian & family China 65 1.9 China
743 Roger Wang United States 58 1.6 China

743 Xian Yang China 34 1.6 China
743 Zhang Guiping & family China 56 1.6 China
743 Shen Wenrong China 62 1.6 China
743 Chen Yihong China 50 1.6 China
785 Zhang Keqiang China 47 1.5 China

785 Dou Zhenggang China 54 1.5 China
785 Chu Mang Yee China 49 1.5 China
843 Huang Maoru Belize NA 1.4 China
843 Ma Huateng China 36 1.4 China
843 Robin Li China 39 1.4 China

897 Yang Erzhu China 57 1.3 China
897 Zhang Cheng Fei China 38 1.3 China
897 Kong Jian Min China 40 1.3 China
962 Lin Li China 44 1.2 China
962 Xu Jiayin China 50 1.2 China

962 Miao Liansheng China 51 1.2 China
962 Gao Dekang China 56 1.2 China
1014 Li San Yim China 56 1.1 China
1014 Zhang Zhixiang China 41 1.1 China
1014 Jack Ma China 44 1.1 China

1062 Sun Guangxin China 46 1.0 China
1062 Zong Qinghou China 62 1.0 China
1062 Liu Hanyuan China 44 1.0 China
1062 Geng Jianming China 45 1.0 China
1062 William Ding China 37 1.0 China

Thank you

richest east asian: 11 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 79 26.5 billion

Japanese billionaires are fewer and less rich than their American counterparts because most of the money is kept in the company and diluted among more shareholders. That's why you get titanic companies like Toyota and Sony, but less titans like Bill Gates or Warren Buffet. I always considered the more even wealth distribution in Japanese corporate culture to be an admirable quality, somewhat less greedy than in the US. I just feel kinda sorry for the state of Japan's domestic economy - it's been such a rough go of it since the bubble, and just as they were recovering, the world economy went to hell (and with it all the Japanese exports)... Overall though, I think the Japanese have a good corporate system that deserves to be emulated by the West more than it has been.