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Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. SoftBank World is the group’s annual event for customers and suppliers. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

SoftBank stakes in Nvidia, TSMC show Son’s focus on AI gear

By Min Jeong Lee and Bloomberg

TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 04: SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during the SoftBank World 2023 on October 04, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The event will be held until October 06. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

SoftBank has sold off or written down $29 billion in U.S. Vision Fund assets as Masayoshi Son tries to get his mojo back by turning to AI and chips

By Min Jeong Lee and Bloomberg

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‘Space junk’ unicorn backed by Japanese billionaire wants to clear the skies for Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos

By Min Jeong Lee and Bloomberg

TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 04: SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during the SoftBank World 2023 on October 04, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The event will be held until October 06. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Softbank posts a $6.4 billion quarterly profit, its first in over a year, thanks to Arm, DoorDash and a surprise T-Mobile windfall

By Min Jeong Lee, Takahiko Hyuga, and others

Tokyo, JAPAN: Japan’s Internet service provider Usen President Yasuhide Uno (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, 16 March 2006, while Fuji Television Network Chairman Hisashi Hieda. Japan’s Livedoor said it will team up with Internet service provider Usen in a business alliance, as part of its efforts to stay afloat after being indicted for financial fraud. Usen also confirmed its President Yasuhide Uno would personally acquire a 12.75 percent stake in Livedoor from Fuji Television Network for about 9.5 billion yen (80.6 million USD). AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

Netflix’s biggest rival in Japan was created by a secretive billionaire whose father nearly destroyed the company in a telecom scandal

By Min Jeong Lee, Yoojung Lee, and others

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Beyond WeWork: How A Japanese billionaire VC took $60 billion from the Saudi, Abu Dhabi wealth funds and inflated unicorns worldwide

By Min Jeong Lee and Bloomberg

A commuter absorbed in his phone in a train station of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway in Seoul on August 24, 2021. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Apple turns to South Korea’s ‘webtoons’—short, vertically read, and made for small screens—to revive its Books app

By Min Jeong Lee, Youkyung Lee, and others

Michael Milken, chairman of the Milken Institute, participates in a panel discussion during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. The event convenes the best minds in the world to tackle its most urgent challenges and to help realize its most exciting opportunities. Photographer: Lauren Justice/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Global elite heads to Milken conference in California—aka ‘Davos West’—amid bank failures, broken markets

By Min Jeong Lee, Nicholas Takahashi, and others

Takeshi Hakamada, founder and chief executive officer of ispace Inc., speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Shares of Japanese moon lander maker ispace went untraded on a glut of buy orders on their market debut as investors bet on the startup and the country’s space-development efforts. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Japan’s landmark moon mission ends in disappointment after contact is lost following a likely ‘hard landing’

By Nicholas Takahashi, Min Jeong Lee, and others

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., delivers a keynote speech at the Junior Chamber International (JCI) World Congress in Yokohama, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang argued on Oct. 29 that the companys proposed acquisition of chip designer Arm Ltd., owned by SoftBank, will benefit technological development, a pitch to industry customers and regulators that need to approve the record transaction. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son tried to boost his compensation by setting up side-deals at the firm. Now he owes it $4.7 billion

By Min Jeong Lee, Pei Yi Mak, and others

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., delivers a keynote speech at the Junior Chamber International (JCI) World Congress in Yokohama, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang argued on Oct. 29 that the companys proposed acquisition of chip designer Arm Ltd., owned by SoftBank, will benefit technological development, a pitch to industry customers and regulators that need to approve the record transaction. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Softbank reports its biggest loss ever—$23.4 billion—as tech stocks plunge back to Earth

By Min Jeong Lee, Takahiko Hyuga, and others

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on September 3, 2021, following his announcement that he will not seek re-election for Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership this month. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan’s stocks are at their highest point in 30 years after Suga announces plans to resign

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SoftBank shares shake off WeWork losses to hit one year high

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SoftBank Masayoshi Son Presents Third-Quarter Results

He turned down Softbank money at 23. Now he’s set to become a billionaire

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