| 1986-12-09 |
Established on December 9, 1986 (Showa 61) |
| 2015-04-01 |
On April 1, 2015, SoftBank BB Corporation, SoftBank Telecom Corporation, and Y! Mobile Corporation were absorbed into SoftBank Mobile Corporation (now SoftBank Corporation). Please see below for the history of each company. |
| 2019-07 |
Signed a cooperation agreement with the Cabinet Office regarding disaster response |
| 2019-09 |
Obtained wireless station license for 5G |
| 2019-11 |
Z Holdings Corporation (now LINE Yahoo Corporation) made ZOZO Inc. a consolidated subsidiary |
| 2020-03 |
Started commercial service of SoftBank 5G |
| 2020-04 |
Established Nippon Express Co., Ltd. and MeeTruck Inc. to support digital transformation (DX) in the logistics industry |
| 2020-06 |
Signed a strategic partnership with Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. for next-generation financial services tailored to new lifestyles |
| 2020-08 |
Z Holdings Corporation (formerly LINE Yahoo Corporation), LINE Corporation (formerly LINE Yahoo Corporation), and NAVER Corporation have signed a basic agreement on business alliance |
| 2020-10 |
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. and Smartphone Securities Co., Ltd. One Tap BUY (now PayPay Securities Co., Ltd.) formed a joint venture |
| 2021-10 |
Launched Japan's first standalone (SA) 5G commercial service |
| 2022-01 |
Issued Sustainability Bond (nickname: "HAPS Bond") |
| 2022-02 |
Established a special committee with independent outside directors |
| 2022-07 |
Formulated "SoftBank AI Ethics Policy" |
| 2022-08 |
Decided to pursue "net zero" efforts to make supply chain emissions net zero by 2050 |
| 2022-10 |
Made PayPay Inc. a consolidated subsidiary |
| 2023-09 |
Successfully conducted the world's first stratospheric 5G communication test using HAPS unmanned aircraft over Rwandan airspace: *1 |
| 2023-10 |
Z Holdings Corporation changed its corporate name to LINE Yahoo Corporation through business integration with LINE Corporation, Yahoo Corporation, Z Entertainment, and Z Data |
| 2023-11 |
Listed Japan's first "bond-type preferred stock" on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market |
| 2024-03 |
Acquired Cubic Telecom Ltd., which develops IoT platforms for connected cars and SDV (now Cubic:3:) |
| 2024-05 |
Formulated "Our Approach to Customer Harassment" |
| 2024-06 |
Signed a basic agreement with Sharp Corporation to build a large-scale AI data center |
| 2024-07 |
Discontinued 3G service |
| 2024-08 |
Supported digital salary payments using "PayPay Salary Receipt" |
| 2024-09 |
Made SB Technology Corporation a subsidiary |
