48 trillion yen, Toyota's over twenty-year reign as Japan's most valuable company has finally been overtaken; the era has changed.

Forbes’ real-time billionaires list shows that Masayoshi Son’s net worth has risen to $100.7 billion, making him Asia’s richest person again after more than ten years. SoftBank’s stock price surged, and its market value once reached 48 trillion yen, surpassing Toyota and ending its more than 20-year record as Japan’s most valuable company. At the close, its market value rose to 49.3 trillion yen, while Toyota was about 44.92 trillion yen.