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Activating AI for Society: SoftBank Corp.’s New Growth Strategy to Continuously Achieve Record-High Profits

At a press conference held in Tokyo on May 11, 2026, to present SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) earnings results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (FY2025), President & CEO Junichi Miyakawa unveiled a new Medium-term Management Plan …

SoftBank Corp. FY2025 Earnings: Record Net Income and Revenue Achieved, Continued Growth Forecasted

Key Highlights Net income increased by 5% YoY and reached record high, operating income up 5% YoY Record-high record revenue achieved for tenth consecutive year Aiming to achieve record-high earnings in FY2026 On May 11, 2026, SoftBank Cor…

Making Stratospheric Flight Possible: How SoftBank Corp. and TOPPAN Holdings Developed Advanced Film Materials for Solar HAPS

High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), also referred to as "base stations in the sky," provide communication services from uncrewed aircraft that remain airborne in the stratosphere. They provide high-quality, high-volume, low-latency comm…

Japan’s PayPay Customers Can Now Make Mobile Payments in Taiwan

As reported earlier by SoftBank News, PayPay Corporation—a leading financial services provider in Japan with its “PayPay” cashless payment service and a SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) group company—began offering “Overseas Payment Mode” to i…

SoftBank Corp. Brings AI-Native Smartphone Experience to Japan with “Natural AI Phone” from Brain Technologies

For decades, computers and smartphones have been organized with menus, files, folders and apps, and humans have adapted to this logic. A U.S.-based AI and interface company, Brain Technologies, Inc., however, is working to change this para…

How SoftBank Corp. is Working to Implement Physical AI in the Real World

Physical AI is technology where AI analyzes and makes decisions based on information obtained from a robot’s sensors and cameras, and external systems. This enables a robot to flexibly carry out complex movements that correspond to AI anal…

Visitors to Japan from 14 Countries and Regions Can Make Cashless Payments by Using PayPay’s QR Codes

Japan continues to see more visitor arrivals, with the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reporting 3.266 million arrivals in September 2025, marking the first time to reach over 3 million in the same month and a 13.7% year-on-year…