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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

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

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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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 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 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 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

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

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

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 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 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

(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 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 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 speaks at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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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 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

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

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

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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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 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

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

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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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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AI symposium in Tokyo

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at an AI-themed symposium at the University of Tokyo in the capital on July 4, 2023.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at a regular shareholders' meeting of the company in Tokyo on June 21, 2023.

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(3)Softbank's purchase of Hawks gets final nod

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (L in middle) and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh (R in middle) pose for photos with young baseball fans at a Fukuoka hotel on Dec. 24. Softbank officially became the baseball club's owner the same day after obtaining approval for its purchase of the Daiei Hawks from debt-ridden retail giant Daiei Inc.

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(2)Softbank's purchase of Hawks gets final nod

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (R) and Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh hold up the logo of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks at a Fukuoka hotel on Dec. 24 as Softbank officially became the baseball club's owner the same day.

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(1)Softbank's purchase of Hawks gets final nod

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (R) and Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh shake hands at Fukuoka Dome on Dec. 24 as Softbank officially became the baseball club's owner the same day. The Internet service provider obtained approval for its purchase of the Daiei Hawks from debt-ridden retail giant Daiei Inc.

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Softbank cuts profit forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son (R), president of Softbank Corp., announces the company's earnings forecast for fiscal 2014 at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2014. Softbank cut its group operating profit forecast for the year through March 2015 to 900 billion yen from 1 trillion yen, citing a slump at its U.S. mobile unit Sprint Corp.

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Softbank's Son joins iced water challenge

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp., a Japanese telecommunications and Internet company, pours a bucket of iced water over himself at the company's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Aug. 20, 2014. Son joined a charity event gaining popularity among U.S. celebrities to increase awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease known as ALS, by pouring iced water onto themselves and posting videos of it on social networking sites.

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Sprint needs to improve business on its own: Son

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. CEO and Sprint Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 8, 2014. Son said the U.S. company needs to improve its business on its own following news reports that the Japanese communications giant is suspending negotiations to acquire No. 4 U.S. mobile carrier T-Mobile US Inc.

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Sprint needs to improve business on its own: Son

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. CEO and Sprint Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 8, 2014. Son said the U.S. company needs to improve its business on its own following news reports that the Japanese communications giant is suspending negotiations to acquire No. 4 U.S. mobile carrier T-Mobile US Inc.

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Softbank to launch humanoid robot for households

URAYASU, Japan - Softbank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son unveils shows off "Pepper," a humanoid robot for households that can communicate with people and sense emotions, in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on June 5, 2014. Softbank will start selling the product next February.

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Softbank to launch humanoid robot for households

URAYASU, Japan - Softbank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son (far R) shows off "Pepper," a humanoid robot for households that can communicate with people and sense emotions, in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on June 5, 2014. Softbank will start selling the product next February.

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SoftBank group posts record profit of 527.04 bil yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp., smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. Son said Softbank's group net profit for the past year to March surged 41.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 527.04 billion yen. The company's group net profit topped that of NTT Docomo Inc. for the first time.

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SoftBank group posts record profit of 527.04 bil yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp., at a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2014, stands in front of a sign board saying Softbank's group operating profit exceeded one trillion yen for the year just ended. Group net profit for the past year to March surged 41.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 527.04 billion yen.

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SoftBank group posts record profit of 527.04 bil yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp., answers questions during a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. Son said Softbank's group net profit for the past year to March surged 41.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 527.04 billion yen.

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SoftBank group posts record profit of 527.04 bil yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp., briefs reporters on the company's financial results at a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. For the past year to March 31, SoftBank's group net profit surged 41.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 527.04 billion yen due to a rise in subscriptions and purchase of the third-biggest U.S. telecom carrier Sprint Nextel Corp.

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Japanese-Brazilians facing new challenges in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Family members of Masayoshi Ibusuki (2nd from R) have a chat while looking at family photos in Piedade in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo on March 21, 2014. From left in front are his father Tamotsu and mother Hisayo, with his first son Kelvin (R, rear) looking down.

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Softbank CEO

WASHINGTON, United States - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of major Japanese telecom firm Softbank Corp., delivers a lecture on the U.S. mobile communications market, in Washington on March 11, 2014. While speaking with reporters after the lecture, Son expressed his eagerness to buy out T-Mobile US Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. telecom firm.

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Softbank CEO Son unveils system to donate via smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of Softbank Mobile Corp., explains in Tokyo on March 5, 2014, the company's new system that allows people to make donations using their smartphones.