Tokyo, Jan 22, 2025 (AFP) - Masa Son, Trump's Japanese buddy with the Midas Touch

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2025-01-22

Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming US President Donald Trump's big new AI push, is the son of an immigrant pig farmer with a spectacular but also sketchy investment record. Trump's "friend Masa" was born in Japan in 1957 to ethnic Korean parents who scratched a living rearing chickens and hogs while battling discrimination. "We collected leftover food from neighbours and fed it to cattle. It was slimy. We worked hard," he said later. "And......

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