SoftBank

SoftBank (Japanese: ソフトバンク) is a Japanese corporation involved in electronic commerce, finance and technology services on the Internet and broadband. It was established in Tokyo, Japan on September 3, 1981.

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SoftBank's corporate profile includes various other companies such as Japanese broadband company Cable & Wireless IDC, cable company BB-Serve, and gaming company GungHo Online Entertainment. Additionally, it has various partnerships in Japanese subsidiaries of foreign companies such as Yahoo!, E*Trade and Morningstar.

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On January 28, 2005, SoftBank became the owner of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, a Japanese professional baseball team.

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