JustDario
This article is a bit misleading, ~500bn JPY of SoftBank group bonds are maturing this September meaning of this 1 trillion half of it will repay old debt with new debt (at much higher yields) so SoftBank will only get ~3bn$ of extra cash likely swallowed by its other ST CPs
The Wall Street Journal
The fundraising comes as SoftBank seeks to finance an increasingly ambitious AI strategy. https://on.wsj.com/3Sky3at