Talk:Masayoshi Son/Archives/2015

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Few sources cited, very crude, needs to be cleaned up. Check out Japanese version -author

Korean Japanese

Definition of Korean Japanse (韓国系日本人, 한국계 일본인)

Zainichi (在日) is short for "Zainichi Chōsenjin" (Koreans/Choson people in Japan, 在日朝鮮人, 재일조선인) or "Zainichi Kankokujin" (South Koreans in Japan, 在日韓国人, 재일한국인), meaning the Korean residents of Japan who have not naturalized in Japan. (Source By Zainichi Korean　[1])

Masayoshi Son has been naturalized in Japan. Therefore, he is not corresponding to the definition of Korean Japanese. I hope to describe his lineage more accurately. --Kamosuke 16:48, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Naturalized Korean-Japanese is called Zainichi. For example Americanized Jew you can call him Jewish American or American Jew or even Jewish. Same goes with Koreans living in Japan. Korean-Japanese or Japanese-Korean or even Korean. What really matters is his heart. Masayoshi Son doesn't deny he is Korean. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bostonjj (talk • contribs) 11:07, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

People of Korean descent who have Japanese citizenship are NOT generally referred to as zainichi, and the primary definition of 在日韓国・朝鮮人|Zainichi Kankoku-jin given on the Japanese Wikipedia page would not include Son since his naturalization. Yes, you can talk about Jewish-Americans, or even Korean-Japanese, but the way this would be phrased in Japanese is not usually 在米ユダヤ人 (Zaibei Yudaya-jin) and not in this case 在日韓国人 (Zainichi Kankoku-jin) but rather ユダヤ系米国人 (Yudaya-kei Beikokujin) and 韓国系日本人(Kankoku-kei Nihon-jin), just as American citizens of Japanese descent are not referred to in Japanese as 在米日本人 (Zaibei Nihon-jin), as their parents might be, but rather as the fairly well-known term 日系 (Nikkei). 114.186.111.107 (talk) 03:38, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

^ I believe the correct term for Japanese-Americans is Nisei, not Nikkei. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.167.30 (talk) 11:08, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Masayoshi Son is Chinese(Chinese people in Korea).

孫(sun/son) is Chinese's name. The identity was clarified by Twitter. 60.40.10.140 (talk) 00:51, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

^All Koreans can write their name in Chinese, so this sounds like "original research" to me.

Definitely an original research. He doesn't provide any citations and Google Search doesn't turn up any evidence. -- 129.2.237.135 (talk) 06:58, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Also, it looks like he's the one who wrote Masayoshi Son's "Chinese name" in the article. In accordance with the rule regarding Wikipedia:Original Research, I'm deleting the part. -- 129.2.237.135 (talk) 07:01, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Someone keeps changing his descent to Chinese when there's no evidence of him being ethnically Chinese. Can someone do something about this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.87.52.189 (talk) 02:16, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Cited here http://www.economist.com/node/17575101 and in verbal interview shown here http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-12/how-steve-jobs-got-the-iphone-into-japan.html?cmpid=mashable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vsxinc (talk • contribs) 07:02, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I have found a source that specifies the claim that Masayoshi Son is of "Chinese ancestry" 23 generations ago. I don't know if 23 generations ago is strong enough to define him of "Korean-Chinese" ancestry. I'm sure inter-marrying with Koreans for 23 generations is long enough to be considered Korean and not Chinese. See source here: http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/20/news/20iht-qanda.t_0.html

Genealogy

The following was in the Article, but doesn't appear to make sense and doesn't really seem to jive with Wikipedia article guidelines. RobbyPrather (talk) 19:15, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

• Son family (Yasumoto family)　

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SoftBank

The lack of information about SoftBank is absurd. Seeing as the bank is his primary source of wealth and fame, maybe there should be more than a sentence on it. A note on Masayoshi's involvement in founding and running the bank would be merited.IrishStephen (talk) 04:30, 3 June 2013 (UTC)