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S. Korean president Lee meets SoftBank CEO Son

S. Korean president Lee meets SoftBank CEO Son

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) shakes hands with SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son prior to their meeting at the presidential office in Seoul on Dec. 5, 2025.

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S. Korean president Lee meets SoftBank CEO Son

S. Korean president Lee meets SoftBank CEO Son

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) shakes hands with SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son prior to their meeting at the presidential office in Seoul on Dec. 5, 2025.

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S. Korean president Lee meets SoftBank CEO Son

S. Korean president Lee meets SoftBank CEO Son

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) and SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son hold talks at the presidential office in Seoul on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Kia Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows from left: Masayoshi Fujimoto, Chairman of Sojitz Corporation; Yasunari Tajima, Representative Director and CEO of Kia PBV Japan; Kim Jande, Vice President of the PBV Business Division at Kia Corporation.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Kia Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows Masayoshi Fujimoto, Chairman of Sojitz Corporation.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Kia Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows, from left: Masayoshi Fujimoto, Chairman of Sojitz Corporation; Yasunari Tajima, Representative Director and CEO of Kia PBV Japan; Kim Jande, Vice President of the PBV Business Division at Kia Corporation.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Signing ceremony for Japanese investment in U.S.

Signing ceremony for Japanese investment in U.S.

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son (R) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pose for a photo at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025, after signing a document on boosting Japanese investment in the United States based on a tariff deal struck in July.

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U.S. President Trump meets Japanese business leaders

U.S. President Trump meets Japanese business leaders

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son during his meeting with Japanese business leaders at the U.S. ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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U.S. President Trump meets Japanese business leaders

U.S. President Trump meets Japanese business leaders

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son during his meeting with Japanese business leaders at the U.S. ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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U.S. President Trump meets Japanese business leaders

U.S. President Trump meets Japanese business leaders

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son during his meeting with Japanese business leaders at the U.S. ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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SoftBank shareholders meeting

SoftBank shareholders meeting

Screenshot shows SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaking during the company's general shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 27, 2025.

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SoftBank shareholders meeting

SoftBank shareholders meeting

Screenshot shows SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaking during the company's general shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 27, 2025.

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U.S. President Donald Trump Gives Remarks on Investing in America

U.S. President Donald Trump Gives Remarks on Investing in America

Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son speaks as President Donald Trump listens during an "Investing in America" event at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Photo by Ken Cedeno/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son (C, L) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meet reporters following their meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son (L) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meet reporters following their meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

(From L) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya pose for photos during their meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son (2nd from L) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (far L) hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (3rd from L) at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son (2nd from L) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (far L) hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (3rd from L) at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son (L) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hold a talk at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son (L) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shake hands at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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DC: President Donald Trump delivers remarks on AI Infrastructure in the Roosevelt Room

DC: President Donald Trump delivers remarks on AI Infrastructure in the Roosevelt Room

President Donald Trump embraces Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son in the Roosevelt Room in the White House after giving remarks. President Trump gave remarks with the CEOs, where he announced a new AI initiative and faced questions regarding his January 6th pardons. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: President Donald Trump delivers remarks on AI Infrastructure in the Roosevelt Room

DC: President Donald Trump delivers remarks on AI Infrastructure in the Roosevelt Room

Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son is seen in the Roosevelt Room in the White House after giving remarks. President Trump gave remarks with the CEOs, where he announced a new AI initiative and faced questions regarding his January 6th pardons. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: President Donald Trump delivers remarks on AI Infrastructure in the Roosevelt Room

DC: President Donald Trump delivers remarks on AI Infrastructure in the Roosevelt Room

President Donald Trump gives remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, as Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, and Open AI CEO Sam Altman look on. President Trump gave remarks with the CEOs, where he announced a new AI initiative and faced questions regarding his January 6th pardons. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Sojiro Jimi (L) and Masayoshi Kawase warm up for the men's final of the Japanese "karuta" traditional card-taking championships at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2025.

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Japan's economic federation chairman in Beijing

Japan's economic federation chairman in Beijing

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (R) meets Masayoshi Matsumoto, chairman of Kansai Economic Federation, a business lobby consisting of major firms headquartered in western Japan centering on Osaka, on Nov. 27, 2024, in Beijing.

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Nvidia CEO Huang, Softbank CEO Son

Nvidia CEO Huang, Softbank CEO Son

U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang (L) talks with SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son during an event on artificial intelligence in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son

SoftBank Group CEO Son

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at an event hosted by the Japanese tech and investment giant in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Baseball: Hawks clinch Pacific League title

Baseball: Hawks clinch Pacific League title

SoftBank Hawks players toss SoftBank Group CEO and the team's owner Masayoshi Son in the air after clinching the Pacific League pennant at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka on Sept. 23, 2024.

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Rice price futures index's listing

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga pose for a photo in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange. (Kyodo)

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Rice price futures index's listing

Rice price futures index's listing

(from L) SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga pose for a photo in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

Rice price futures index's listing

(from L) SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga break a sake cask in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-VOLLEYBALL

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-VOLLEYBALL

(240803) -- PARIS, Aug. 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Manabe Masayoshi, coach of team Japan, reacts during the women's volleyball preliminary round pool B match between Japan and Kenya at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 3, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ju Huanzong)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-VOLLEYBALL

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-VOLLEYBALL

(240801) -- PARIS, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Manabe Masayoshi of Japan is seen during the women's preliminary round pool B match of volleyball between Brazil and Japan at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ju Huanzong)

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SoftBank Group to launch AI service to analyze medical data

SoftBank Group to launch AI service to analyze medical data

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2024, as the company announces a plan to launch a medical service using AI to analyze genes and other personal medical data.

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SoftBank Group to launch AI service to analyze medical data

SoftBank Group to launch AI service to analyze medical data

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2024, as the company announces a plan to launch a medical service using AI to analyze genes and other personal medical data.

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SoftBank Group to launch AI service to analyze medical data

SoftBank Group to launch AI service to analyze medical data

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2024, as the company announces a plan to launch a medical service using AI to analyze genes and other personal medical data.

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SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at a regular shareholder meeting in Tokyo on June 21, 2024.

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SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son (L) speaks at a regular shareholder meeting in Tokyo on June 21, 2024.

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(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-NATIONS LEAGUE-WOMEN-PRESS CONFERENCE (CN)

(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-NATIONS LEAGUE-WOMEN-PRESS CONFERENCE (CN)

(240527) -- MACAO, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Masayoshi Manabe, head coach of team Japan, speaks during a press conference before the Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao in Macao, south China, May 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-NATIONS LEAGUE-WOMEN-PRESS CONFERENCE (CN)

(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-NATIONS LEAGUE-WOMEN-PRESS CONFERENCE (CN)

(240527) -- MACAO, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Masayoshi Manabe, head coach of team Japan, speaks during a press conference before the Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao in Macao, south China, May 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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Fujitec Financial Results and Medium-Term Management Plan Press Conference

Fujitec Financial Results and Medium-Term Management Plan Press Conference

Fujitec's financial results and mid-term management plan press conference. Photo shows Masayoshi Harada, President of Fujitec. =May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Fujitec Financial Results and Medium-Term Management Plan Conference

Fujitec Financial Results and Medium-Term Management Plan Conference

Fujitec's financial results and mid-term management plan meeting. Photo: Masayoshi Harada, President of Fujitec. =May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Volleyball: Japan national team

Volleyball: Japan national team

Masayoshi Manabe, head coach of the Japan women's national volleyball team, speaks about the qualifiers for the Paris Olympics during a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2023.

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Volleyball: Japan national team

Volleyball: Japan national team

Head coach Masayoshi Manabe (C, front row), captain Sarina Koga (4th from L, back row) and other members of the Japan women's national volleyball team pose for a group photo in Tokyo on May 8, 2023.

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Sojitz President Change Press Conference

Sojitz President Change Press Conference

Sojitz President Change Press Conference. From left, President Masayoshi Fujimoto, Kosuke Uemura President-Elect=Date:November 27, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Sojitz President Change Press Conference

Sojitz President Change Press Conference

Sojitz President Change Press Conference. From left, President Masayoshi Fujimoto, Kosuke Uemura President-Elect=Date:November 27, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son delivers a speech at an event in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2023.

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Fujitec president inauguration press conference

Fujitec president inauguration press conference

Fujitec president inauguration press conference. The photo shows President and Representative Director Masayoshi Harada at a press conference.=Date:September 19, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Fujitec president inauguration press conference

Fujitec president inauguration press conference

Fujitec president inauguration press conference. The photo shows President and Representative Director Masayoshi Harada at a press conference.=Date:September 19, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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