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  • The icons for Z Holdings Corp. Yahoo Japan application, front row from left, and the Line Corp. Line application are displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph taken in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Z Holdings, a unit of SoftBank Group Corp.s telecom arm formerly known as Yahoo Japan, confirmed that its in talks with Tokyo-based messaging service Line about a possible merger, but said no final decision on a deal had been made. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    How SoftBank Plans to Create an Internet Giant to Take on Google (at Least in Japan)

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. The Japanese investment powerhouse reported its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years -- about $6.5 billion --after finally disclosing the damage from its bets on WeWork and Uber Technologies Inc. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    SoftBank Notches a $6.5 Billion Loss on Plunging WeWork and Uber Valuations

    By Pavel Alpeyev and Bloomberg
  • TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 30: A man walks past a SoftBank mobile phone store on September 30, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. SoftBank, the technology and investment conglomerate owned by Masayoshi Son, is one of the largest investors in troubled American real estate company WeWork. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)International

    SoftBank’s WeWork and Uber IPO Stumbles Now Have a Price Tag: $5 Billion

    By Pavel Alpeyev, Takahiko Hyuga, and others
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. SoftBank reported first-quarter profit that beat the highest analyst estimate thanks to valuation gains from Vision Fund investments such as Slack Technologies Inc. (Photo by Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Finance

    After WeWork IPO Debacle, SoftBank Founder Is ‘Embarrassed’ by His Investing Record

    By Pavel Alpeyev and Bloomberg
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. Yahoo Japan Corp.s surprise plan to buy a majority stake in Zozo Inc. sent investors scrambling to pick potential winners and losers in Japans online retail and payments fields. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    How WeWork’s Wobbles Are Putting SoftBank Founder Son’s $15 Billion Fortune in Danger

    By Tom Metcalf, Pavel Alpeyev, and others
  • Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son Speaks To The PressInternational

    Ahead of Uber IPO, Biggest Shareholder SoftBank Is Already Reaping Rewards

    By Pavel Alpeyev and Bloomberg