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From March 2 to 5, MWC Barcelona 2026 (MWC26), one of the world's largest mobile-related exhibitions, welcomed nearly 105,000 attendees from 207 countries and territories to Barcelona, Spain. According to the GSMA, the organizer of MWC26, …
MWC Barcelona 2026 (MWC26), one of the world's largest mobile-related exhibitions, is bringing together the latest technologies, products and services in the communications industry. The event, which takes place from Monday, March 2 to 5 a…
With AI rapidly becoming a part of everyday life and embedded in industry, the infrastructure required to support it is becoming more critical than ever. In response to accelerating demands for data processing, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434)…
While Japan is well known for high standards of customer service, “kasuhara,” an abbreviation of “customer harassment" that refers to unreasonable behavior from customers during interactions with service staff, has become a serious social …
“On the Frontlines” is a series that takes a closer look at SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) employees in the field, or behind the scenes, to showcase their expertise, passion and dedication to their work. In this installment, we followed Dais…
SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is building out next-generation social infrastructure in Japan, and AI data centers are a key part of this initiative. Currently there is a shift from model training to inference—the operational phase of AI—and…
A technology that enables robots to perform flexible, complex movements by having AI analyze and interpret data from sensors, cameras and external systems so robots can act autonomously AI that understands situations like humans to act in …
Around the world, studies are underway to identify new spectrum bands for 6G, the next generation of mobile communications. SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is focused on the 7 GHz band—considered to be one of the strongest candidates—and, tog…
In just ten weeks, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) employees created more than 2.5 million AI agents, marking one of the largest known internal AI utilization initiatives ever conducted in Japan. Far more than a simple rollout of new tools, t…
As a division of SB Telecom America Corp.—the US subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434)—the Sunnyvale Site conducts product engineering for AI infrastructure and research on AI foundations for mobile networks. Led by Dr. Rajeev Koodli—…
Due to its declining birthrate and aging population, Japan is facing a severe labor shortage. Accordingly, the need for automation and labor-saving solutions is growing across many industries, and the use of AI and robotics is becoming inc…
SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434)’s “CHIE-4” AI computing platform—based on an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with NVIDIA DGX B200 systems exceeding 4,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs—was ranked No. 1 in Japan (No. 5 worldwide) in the HPL-MxP benchmark that meas…
The English edition of SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) Integrated Report for 2025, published on October 31, 2025, provides a comprehensive overview that includes a look back at the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (FY2024), management’s per…
The English edition of SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) Integrated Report for 2025, published on October 31, 2025, provides a comprehensive overview that includes a look back at the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (FY2024), management’s per…
On September 26, 2025, a press briefing was held at SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) Tokyo headquarters to unveil new startup support initiatives led by STATION Ai, a SoftBank-affiliated startup support hub based in Nagoya, and SoftBank. The…
In the advertising industry, words continue to carry a lot of weight. From catchy headlines to persuasive product descriptions, effective copywriting forms the backbone of successful advertising campaigns. The creative process that goes in…
From November 15-26, 2025, the “25th Summer Deaflympics Tokyo 2025” (Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics) will take place. The sporting event sees elite deaf athletes from all over the world competing every four years. As a Total Support Member, SoftBa…
A cloud computing environment governed domestically to ensure that data storage, management, access rights and operational policies stay within national boundaries. Data sovereignty and national security Sovereign cloud refers to a cloud s…
The ability of nations or companies to develop and operate AI within their own borders in line with their legal systems and cultural values. Right to control AI becoming an important security consideration As AI technology rapidly evolves …
While the average turnover among employees is 8.7% in Japan’s tightening labor market, employees working at customer contact centers are contending with a much higher turnover rate of approximately 30%*. This high churn at contact centers …
As detailed at its 39th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, AI computing infrastructure is one of SoftBank Corp.'s (TOKYO: 9434) major growth initiatives, and a key part of its strategy to provide next-generation social infrastructure …
“With their ability to think and act independently, I believe AI agents will usher in a social transformation that surpasses the ones brought by previous Industrial Revolutions.” So remarked Junichi Miyakawa, President & CEO of SoftBank Co…
As AI-RAN emerges as a next-generation social infrastructure for the AI era, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is taking the lead with the development of its pioneering solution: AITRAS. AITRAS integrates AI and radio access networks (RAN) on a…
A metric that measures power usage efficiency at IT facilities, such as data centers A key metric to measure energy efficiency at IT facilities PUE—an abbreviation for Power Usage Effectiveness—is a key metric used to assess energy efficie…
Agriculture, aquaculture, and livestock farming are often practiced in remote areas far from urban centers. Coastal and mountainous areas like these often lack reliable connectivity, and this has hindered the adoption of digital and AI tec…
When employees use their own personal AI tools for work tasks Leveraging personal-use AI tools at work to improve productivity BYOAI, short for “Bring Your Own AI” refers to the practice of employees utilizing AI tools that they use privat…
SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) held its 39th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) on June 26, 2025, at Tokyo International Forum. President & CEO Junichi Miyakawa chaired the meeting, and after reviewing SoftBank’s business progress,…
The rapid spread of generative AI has spurred the widespread adoption of large language models (LLMs) across various industries. The datasets used by these general-purpose LLMs remain broad and non-specialized, however. This means they are…
As a facility key to SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) next-generation social infrastructure initiative, the “Hokkaido Tomakomai AI Data Center” is designed to house a large-scale computing platform and operate entirely on renewable energy pr…
In March 2025, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) announced it deployed its converged AI-RAN solution, called AITRAS, at NVIDIA headquarters in Santa Clara, California. In this collaboration, SoftBank and NVIDIA are utilizing NVIDIA’s accelerate…
Since it first announced its AI-RAN concept in 2023 as a foundation for next-generation mobile networks to support a society that coexists with AI, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) has made significant progress in bringing its vision to realit…
As a major telecommunications operator with over 40 million mobile subscribers, SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) generates large amounts of data on its network traffic and operations every day. To make its network operations more efficient and …
In February 2025, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) demonstrated its “remote autonomous driving support system” at the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (“SFC”) located in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture. SoftBank’s system, designed to …
SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434), which is placing high priority on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management that balances sustainability with enhanced corporate value, held an ESG Briefing Session for investors and the press on …
During SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) Q3 FY2024 earnings briefing held on February 10, 2025, President & CEO Junichi Miyakawa noted that after the announcement of a new collaboration with OpenAI on February 3, the company received numerous…
MWC Barcelona 2025 (MWC25), one of the world's largest mobile-related exhibitions, is bringing together the latest technologies, products and services in the communications industry. The event – which takes place from Monday, March 3 to 6 …
On February 3, 2025, OpenAI, Inc., SoftBank Group Corp., Arm and SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) hosted a special event in Tokyo for enterprises based in Japan. Attended by top business leaders and the press, the session featured OpenAI CEO S…
A program that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously assess and execute tasks on a user’s behalf A program that can execute tasks and learn on its own using AI and data An AI agent is a program designed to autonomously pla…
AI is driving transformative change across industries and enterprises, significantly enhancing productivity and convenience. As applications expand beyond chatbots to other applications, such as the real-time control of robots, drones and …
SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) and Silicon Valley-based Aizip, Inc. jointly developed a machine learning application capable of counting fish in real time with smartphones and other edge devices. The technology was selected for a CES® 2025 I…
To build next-generation infrastructure for the AI era, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is advancing the construction of AI computing platforms and data centers, and, to meet the increased demand for AI-driven data processing while taking ste…
The Greater Shibuya Area – which encompasses Shibuya, Harajuku and Omotesando – is a hot spot in Tokyo where work and play are closely intertwined. While destinations like the Shibuya Scramble Crossing – said to be one of the world’s busie…
The English edition of SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) Integrated Report for 2024, published on October 31, 2024, is a comprehensive report that not only covers SoftBank’s financial information for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (FY20…
Anticipating an era where AI-based services are ubiquitous in daily life, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is advancing initiatives to deploy distributed AI computing infrastructure across Japan while seeking an optimal balance between central…
In Japan, traffic regulations stipulate that when a vehicle approaches an unsignalized crosswalk with a vehicle stopped in front of it, the driver needs to come to a complete stop before proceeding. This presents a challenge to human opera…
After first announcing its “AI-RAN” concept in 2023 as a foundation for next-generation mobile networks to support a society that coexists with AI, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) has made significant progress in bringing its vision to realit…
The English edition of SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) Integrated Report for 2024, published on October 31, 2024, is a comprehensive report that not only covers SoftBank’s financial information for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (FY20…
To enable a society that co-exists with AI, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is continuing to make progress on its goal to build and provide different types of AI infrastructure in Japan. On October 31, SoftBank announced it finished installin…
AI Will Drive Value Creation: SoftBank Corp. President & CEO Junichi Miyakawa at SoftBank World 2024
“It’s no exaggeration to say that AI is the key technology of our time. We’re now at a crossroads on how we can incorporate it to drive growth across industries.” So remarked Junichi Miyakawa, President & CEO of SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434…
Anticipating an era where people coexist with AI, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is advancing initiatives to deploy distributed AI computing infrastructure across Japan. While previously it was common to establish data centers in major urban…
