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SoftBank Corp. Q2 FY2025 Earnings: Record High Revenue, Operating Income and Net Income, Joint Venture with OpenAI Launched

Key Highlights Revenue and profit increased in all segments Record highs reached for revenue, operating income and net income Revenue up 8%, operating income up 7% and net income up 8% year-on-year Steady progress being made toward full-ye…

Balancing Investment for Transformation with Record-high Profits: SoftBank Corp. Integrated Report 2025 CFO Message

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…

Becoming an Essential, One-of-a-kind Presence: SoftBank Corp. Integrated Report 2025 CEO Message

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…

SoftBank Corp. and Singtel Partner to Advance Enterprise Connectivity and Cybersecurity Solutions

From left: Kimimasa Kudo, Head of the Global Business Division, Enterprise Unit, SoftBank Corp., and Keith Leong, Managing Director (Enterprise), Singtel Singapore On October 23, 2025, a ceremony was held at SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) …

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…

SoftBank Corp. and STATION Ai Empower Japan’s Startups with NVIDIA Technology

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…

Japan's Telecommunications Carriers Team Up to Allocate Areas for Evacuation Shelter Support

Following a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in January 2024, Japan's eight telecommunications companies – NTT, Inc., NTT EAST, NTT WEST, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS (the NTT Group), KDDI Corporation, SoftBank Corp…

An Introduction to Optical Communications in Non-terrestrial Networks

Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kiyohara Optics, ArkEdge Space and SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) recently announced a collaborative agreement to demonstrate optical wireless communications bet…

How SoftBank Corp. is Using Satellites to Make Ubiquitous Connectivity a Reality

SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is promoting a “Ubiquitous Transformation (UTX),” which aims to create a world where people can stay connected anytime and anywhere by combining terrestrial mobile networks with non-terrestrial networks (NTN) s…

Dentsu, Dentsu Digital, SoftBank Corp. and SB Intuitions Utilizing Generative AI to Create Compelling Japanese Copywriting

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…

Harnessing the Stratosphere: How HAPS is Key to SoftBank Corp.’s Vision for Ubiquitous Connectivity

SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) is promoting a “Ubiquitous Transformation (UTX),” which aims to create a world where people can stay connected anytime and anywhere by combining terrestrial mobile networks with non-terrestrial networks (NTN) s…

How eSIM is Driving the Shift Toward Smarter, More Connected Vehicles

eSIM—short for “embedded Subscriber Identity Module”—is seeing increased adoption in smartphones as it offers a number of advantages over traditional plastic SIM cards. For instance, eSIM can be provisioned remotely, eliminating the need t…