Late one afternoon in October 2023, as the sun slipped down over Tokyo Bay, Masayoshi Son was sitting ... Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images In western media Son often comes across as a cartoon character.

“Why was Masayoshi Son born?” he asked. “I was born to make A.S.I. a reality.” Image Mr. Son wants to assemble a group of auto companies across the United States, Japan and Europe to pool ...

Few people spot the next big trend as consistently as Masayoshi Son. Under his leadership, Japan’s SoftBank pivoted from an internet broadband provider into a mobile phone network company and ...