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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2014 file photo, SoftBank founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo. Softbank and China's top ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing are pouring $2 billion into the latest round of financing by cash-hungry Southeast Asian taxi app Grab. Grab said Monday, July 24, 2017, that it expects another $500 million will come from other existing and new investors. Its last announced cash injection was in September when it raised $750 million led by Softbank, whose chief executive Son is Japan's richest person and a self-styled tech visionary. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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In a photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, members of the Artemis Racing of Sweden receive congratulations after clinching a spot in the America's Cup challenger finals Friday, June 9, 2017, in the Great Sound in Bermuda by beating SoftBank Team Japan on Friday for the fourth straight time. ( Ricardo Pinto/America's Cup Event Authority via AP)
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In a photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, members of the Artemis Racing of Sweden receive congratulations after clinching a spot in the America's Cup challenger finals Friday, June 9, 2017, in the Great Sound in Bermuda by beating SoftBank Team Japan on Friday for the fourth straight time. (Gilles Martin-Raget/America's Cup Event Authority via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, SoftBank Team Japan competes against Sweden’s Artemis Racing during America's Cup challenger semifinals on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Friday, June 9, 2017. (Ricardo Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, SoftBank Team Japan and Sweden’s Artemis Racing compete during America's Cup challenger semifinals on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Friday, June 9, 2017. (Ricardo Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In a photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, members of the Artemis Racing of Sweden competing against SoftBank Team Japan in the America's Cup challenger finals Friday, June 9, 2017, in the Great Sound in Bermuda. Artemis Racing of Sweden beat SoftBank Team Japan on Friday for the fourth straight time to clinch a spot in the finals. ( Ricardo Pinto/America's Cup Event Authority via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, SoftBank Team Japan and Sweden’s Artemis Racing compete during America's Cup challenger semifinals on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by America's Cup Event Authority, SoftBank Team Japan and Sweden’s Artemis Racing compete in an America's Cup challenger semifinal on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Ricardi Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, SoftBank Team Japan and Sweden’s Artemis racing compete during America's Cup qualifying on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Friday, June 2, 2017. (Richard Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, SoftBank Team Japan and Sweden’s Artemis racing compete during America's Cup qualifying on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Friday, June 2, 2017. (Richard Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, Sweden’s Artemis racing and SoftBank Team Japan compete during America's Cup qualifying on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Friday, June 2, 2017. (Richard Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, SoftBank Team Japan and Sweden’s Artemis racing compete during America's Cup qualifying on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Friday, June 2, 2017. (Richard Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, Emirates Team New Zealand and SoftBank Team Japan compete during America's Cup qualifying on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Friday, June 2, 2017. (Richard Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, Oracle Team USA and SoftBank Team Japan compete during America's Cup qualifying on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Thursday, June 1, 2017. (Richard Pinto/ACEA via AP)
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In this photo provided by the America's Cup Event Authority, Oracle Team USA competes against SoftBank Team Japan (not shown) during America's Cup qualifying on the Great Sound in Bermuda on Thursday, June 1, 2017. (Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA via AP)
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This photo provided by SoftBank Robotics America demonstrates a shopping experience with SoftBank Robotics' humanoid robot called Pepper, waving at right. The robot can greet shoppers and has the potential to send messages geared to people’s age and gender through facial recognition. (SoftBank Robotics America via AP)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump, left, accompanied by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, speaks to members of the media at Trump Tower in New York. Trump gave himself kudos for the creation of 8,000 new U.S. jobs by Japanese tech mogul Son, saying it was proof of "the spirit and the hope" stirred by his presidential win. But for those particular jobs, Trump was basically taking a bow for the second time. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Pizza Hut and MasterCard have teamed up to deploy Softbank's humanoid robot "Pepper" in select restaurants in Asia by the end of the year. (MasterCard)
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Full-page newspaper ads paid for by Dish Network, which wants to buy Sprint, liken the risks of a Sprint merger with Japanese company SoftBank to the 2006 effort by a company linked to the government of Dubai to run U.S. ports.
