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When was SOFTBANK CORP. established?
When did SOFTBANK CORP. go public?
Where can I find the corporate profile of SOFTBANK CORP.?
What is the difference between yellow logo and silver logo?
What are the companies in the SOFTBANK Group?
What is “SOFTBANK's Next 30-Year Vision”?
What is SOFTBANK Academia?

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: When was SOFTBANK CORP. established?
: September 3, 1981.

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: When did SOFTBANK CORP. go public?
: We registered with Japan Securities Dealers Association in 1994 and listed the stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section in 1998.

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Where can I find the corporate profile of SOFTBANK CORP.?

Please refer to Corporate and Group Information > Corporate Information > Corporate Data.

Corporate Data

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What is the difference between yellow logo and silver logo?

SOFTBANK logo using Revolution Yellow is a corporate logo for SOFTBANK CORP., a pure holding company. Logo using silver is a corporate logo and also a service brand logo for the three telecommunication companies which are SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp., SOFTBANK BB Corp., and SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp. Please refer to the links below for more details.

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What are the companies in the SOFTBANK Group?

Please refer to Corporate and Group Information > Our Business > Group Companies for the list of the Group companies. Please go to the linked page of the Group companies for their corporate profiles.

Group Companies

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What is “SOFTBANK's Next 30-Year Vision”?

This vision aims for the SOFTBANK Group to contribute to people's happiness through the information revolution for the next 30 years, and to become a corporate group needed most by people around the world. Please refer to Corporate and Group Information > Vision > Next 30-Year Vision.

Next 30-Year Vision

Please refer to the website below for the details.

Special site for SOFTBANK Next 30-Year Vision (Japanese only)

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What is SOFTBANK Academia?

SOFTBANK Academia was established on July 28, 2010 aiming to discover and train a successor of Masayoshi Son, SOFTBANK Group Representative. Masayoshi Son himself trains and raises potential successors from both inside and outside of the SOFTBANK Group as a founding principal. Please refer to the website below for the details.