SoftBank Corporation
Basic information
- Head office
- Tokyo, Japan
- Chief executive
- Masayoshi Son
- Capital
- 244,355,000,000 (2,443 100 million)
- Employees (non-consolidated)
- 19,150 people
- Employees (consolidated)
- 58,432 people
- Start date
- 1986-12-09
- End date
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History
Incorporation date: December 9, 1986 (Showa 61)
On April 1, 2015, SoftBank BB Inc., SoftBank Telecom Inc., and Y-Mobile Inc. were absorbed and merged into SoftBank Mobile Inc. (now SoftBank Corp.). Please see the following for each company's history.
Signed a coordination agreement with the Cabinet Office on disaster response.
Obtained a 5G radio station license.
Z Holdings Inc. (now LINE Yahoo Inc.) made ZOZO Inc. a consolidated subsidiary.
Commenced commercial service of "SoftBank 5G".
Established MeeTruck Inc., a company supporting digital transformation (DX) in the logistics industry, in partnership with Japan Post Holdings Inc.
Entered a strategic partnership with Mizuho Financial Group Inc. for next-generation financial services tailored to new lifestyles.
Signed a basic agreement on business cooperation with Z Holdings Inc. (now LINE Yahoo Inc.), LINE Inc. (now LINE Yahoo Inc.), and NAVER Corporation.
Jointly established a company with Mizuho Securities Inc. and Smart Securities Inc.'s One Tap BUY (now PayPay Securities Inc.).
Launched the first domestic standalone (SA) 5G commercial service.
Issued sustainability bonds (nickname: "HAPS bond").
Established a special committee composed of independent outside directors.
Formulated the "SoftBank AI Ethics Policy."
Decided to work toward achieving net zero emissions in the supply chain by 2050.
Made PayPay Inc. a consolidated subsidiary.
Successfully conducted the world's first 5G communication test from the stratosphere using a HAPS unmanned aircraft over Rwandan airspace : *1
Z Holdings Inc. changes its corporate name to LINE Yahoo Inc. following a management integration with LINE Inc., Yahoo Inc., Z Entertainment, and Z Data.
The first "bond-type preferred shares" in Japan are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market.
Cubic Telecom Ltd. (now Cubic:3:) is made a subsidiary to deploy an IoT platform for connected cars and SDVs.
Formulation of the company’s stance on "customer harassment."
A basic agreement is signed with Sharp Inc. to build a large-scale AI data center.
Termination of 3G services.
Support for salary payments via "PayPay Salary Receipt."
SB Technology Inc. is made a subsidiary.
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