Takashi Amano
Stories by Takashi Amano
Forget retirement. SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son aims to be $100b tech investor
Masayoshi Son, the man who once proclaimed his goal of creating the world’s most valuable company isn’t hiding his ambition: Over the next decade,
Lenovo, Fujitsu said to discuss merger of PC businesses
An alliance with Fujitsu would give Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC maker, a bigger foundation to expand its share. Lenovo had 19.4 percent of the gl
After 1,000 IPOs & backing 4,000 firms, Japan’s biggest venture firm Jafco to overhaul strategy
Since its inception in 1973, Japan’s oldest and largest VC has quietly backed almost 4,000 companies, including giants like SoftBank Group Corp., Mu
Japan’s Renesas to buy US chip-maker Intersil for $3.2b
Renesas Electronics Corp. agreed to buy U.S. chipmaker Intersil Corp. for a total of $3.2 billion, as the Japanese company seeks to accelerate efforts
JPMorgan hires SMBC’s Ryota Sakagami as chief Japan equity strategist
Sakagami is at least the third senior recruit by JPMorgan for its Japan stock business in the past year as it tries to boost its ranking for research.
SoftBank’s tab for Arora’s two-year tenure totals $300m
The tally for Nikesh Arora’s two-year tenure at SoftBank Group Corp. is becoming clearer: 31.5 billion yen ($300 million) in compensation and relate
SoftBank founder Son gets serious about tackling debt with asset sales
SoftBank has announced a series of asset sales as part of a broader effort to reexamine its technology portfolio, reduce its massive debt load and gai
SoftBank president Nikesh Arora receives pay package of $73m
SoftBank Group Corp. President Nikesh Arora was paid 8.04 billion yen ($73 million) for the company’s latest fiscal year, keeping him among the top
SoftBank’s Son may use listing to fix $22b valuation gap
Masayoshi Son’s promises of a turnaround for his U.S. operations and a record share buyback haven’t been enough to erase SoftBank Group Corp.’s
