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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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)

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)

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.

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.

Sumitomo Mitsui FG and SoftBank tie up for personal settlement services

Sumitomo Mitsui FG and SoftBank tie up for personal settlement services

Joint press conference by Sumitomo Mitsui Card, SoftBank, and PayPay. Photo shows (from left to right) Ichiro Nakayama, President and CEO of PayPay; Junichi Miyakawa, President and CEO of SoftBank; Toru Nakajima, President and Group CEO of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group; and Yukihiko Onishi, President and CEO of Sumitomo Mitsui Card.=May 15,2025,Tokyo

Sumitomo Mitsui FG and SoftBank tie up for personal settlement services

Sumitomo Mitsui FG and SoftBank tie up for personal settlement services

Joint press conference by Sumitomo Mitsui Card, SoftBank, and PayPay. Photo shows (from left to right) Ichiro Nakayama, President and CEO of PayPay; Junichi Miyakawa, President and CEO of SoftBank; Toru Nakajima, President and Group CEO of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group; and Yukihiko Onishi, President and CEO of Sumitomo Mitsui Card.=May 15,2025,Tokyo

SoftBank Group CFO

SoftBank Group CFO

SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2025.

SoftBank CFO at press conference

SoftBank CFO at press conference

SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2025.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SoftBank Group CFO Goto

SoftBank Group CFO Goto

SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto explains the company's earnings at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2024.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Softbank Group logs annual loss

Softbank Group logs annual loss

SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, after the Japanese tech and investment giant registered a net loss of 227.65 billion yen ($1.5 billion) for the year ended March 31.

US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, 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.

(CIIE)CHINA-SHANGHAI-CIIE-AI (CN)

(CIIE)CHINA-SHANGHAI-CIIE-AI (CN)

(231108) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor interacts with a robot of SoftBank Group at the intelligent industry and information technology exhibition zone of the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 7, 2023. The artificial intelligence technology on display at the 6th CIIE attracted a lot of visitors. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)

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.

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

Chip design company Arm Inc is listed on NASDAQ, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, September 15, 2023. SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

Chip design company Arm Inc is listed on NASDAQ, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, September 15, 2023. SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

Chip design company Arm Inc is listed on NASDAQ, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, September 15, 2023. SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

Chip design company Arm Inc is listed on NASDAQ, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, September 15, 2023. SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

Chip design company Arm Inc is listed on NASDAQ, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, September 15, 2023. SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

ARM IPO on Nasdaq

Chip design company Arm Inc is listed on NASDAQ, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, September 15, 2023. SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

(FILE) The ARM stand at a trade fair in Shanghai, China, June 15, 2023. On September 15, 2023, SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

(FILE) The ARM stand at a trade fair in Shanghai, China, June 15, 2023. On September 15, 2023, SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

(FILE) The ARM stand at a trade fair in Shanghai, China, June 15, 2023. On September 15, 2023, SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

(FILE) The ARM stand at a trade fair in Shanghai, China, June 15, 2023. On September 15, 2023, SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

Chip Designer ARM IPO on The Nasdaq Stock Market

(FILE) The ARM stand at a trade fair in Shanghai, China, June 15, 2023. On September 15, 2023, SoftBank Group's British chip design company ARM9 officially landed on the Nasdaq market in the United States on September 14, raising $4.87 billion, setting the largest IPO this year.

Arm IPO

Arm IPO

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 22, 2023 - British semiconductor giant Arm Holdings, owned by Japan's SoftBank Group, formally files IPO documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 22, 2023.

Arm IPO

Arm IPO

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 22, 2023 - British semiconductor giant Arm Holdings, owned by Japan's SoftBank Group, formally files IPO documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 22, 2023.

Arm IPO

Arm IPO

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 22, 2023 - British semiconductor giant Arm Holdings, owned by Japan's SoftBank Group, formally files IPO documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 22, 2023.

Arm IPO

Arm IPO

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 22, 2023 - British semiconductor giant Arm Holdings, owned by Japan's SoftBank Group, formally files IPO documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 22, 2023.

Arm IPO

Arm IPO

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 22, 2023 - British semiconductor giant Arm Holdings, owned by Japan's SoftBank Group, formally files IPO documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 22, 2023.