A salesclerk checks a mobile phone at SoftBank mobile phone sales department at a Yamada Denki electronics shop in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Softbank Corp. , the exclusive seller of the iPhone in Japan, said Thursday profits shot up 41.4 percent during the April-June quarter from a year earlier, as it slashed costs and managed a slight increase in revenues despite the economic downturn. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

A salesclerk checks a mobile phone at SoftBank mobile phone sales department at a Yamada Denki electronics shop in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Softbank Corp. , the exclusive seller of the iPhone in Japan, said Thursday profits shot up 41.4 percent during the April-June quarter from a year earlier, as it slashed costs and managed a slight increase in revenues despite the economic downturn.

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