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My guess is that softbank primarily wants to get their money out of Yen. The Yen's future is extremely uncertain, Japan's government is 1 Quadrillion yen in debt.



>The Yen's future is extremely uncertain, Japan's government is 1 Quadrillion yen in debt.

About $10 trillion USD.


Yup, but Japan does not have the military might of the US to ensure they remain a dominant country.


This is from their $100B fund though, which has primarily non-Softbank LPs.




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