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KAZUYUKI OKUDAIRA, Nikkei staff writer
December 16, 2020 02:00 JST

SILICON VALLEY -- The interview was running over, but SoftBank Group CEO and Chairman Masayoshi Son sounded happy.

He was discussing the future of technology at a company office in Silicon Valley when he asked a mountain of a man, apparently more than 2 meters tall, to come into the room.

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