Internet as a service is like culture that you have to understand, and each country has a local culture.
Japan had an energy crisis. I thought, instead of just worrying about it, I should take some kind of responsibility to provide the solutions.
In Internet in general, there are security, privacy, and many other issues.
Alibaba model is the model that I am supporting in China, in India, and even in Japan.
I don't care whether the technology is invented by our employees. I want to bring everybody's innovations into our ecosystem together.
We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence.
I am the man who keeps his words.
India has the best opportunity ahead of us.
I was richer than Bill Gates for 3 days.
If I go to the department store, I get no excitement: I can buy the entire department store instead of one bag. So I lost excitement of shopping.
It's actually sad to be rich.
My passion never fades out.
I said from the very beginning, 'Yahoo should position itself as a technology innovation company, not as a media company.'
I always take bold moves. So it can have great return but with great risk.
Some kind of correction will always happen. But it depends on the specific companies.
Renewables is part of social responsibility, but the information revolution is the only main thing I am interested in.
When you negotiate a deal, you clearly know a lot about the other person.
Best thing for a government to do is to eliminate obstacles like filing registrations, getting licences, and so on... tedious steps slow everything down.
Money is available from investors as long as you have a great business model and a talented leader.
Softbank 2.0 means globalisation of Softbank.
