SoftBank's Sprint headache gone but coronavirus adds to migraine

Vision Fund holds its breath as investment in 90 companies faces market turmoil

The coronavirus pandemic has created new headaches for SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son. (Photo by Satoshi Hishida)

TAKAFUMI HOTTA and RYO IGAWA, Nikkei staff writers

April 2, 2020 22:29 JST

TOKYO -- The completed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint lets Japan's SoftBank Group shrug off its struggling U.S. telecom business, but the tech investment company faces an even tougher challenge in the financial market turmoil sparked by the new coronavirus.