I was surprised to learn that Tadashi Yanai of Uniqlo is on the board of Softbank, and that he has opposed nearly all of Masayoshi Son's investments. Imagine Sam Walton on the board of Amazon, opposing Jeff Bezos at every turn!: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-does-the-worlds-biggest-tech-investor-make-its-bets-unpredictably-1519661008 …
Tadashi Yanai, Masayoshi Son, and Shigenobu Nagamori (CEO of Nidec) are known as the three "loud mouths" (not remembering the exact name correctly) of Japanese business. They are the exceptions not the rule in Japan!
