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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.

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Softbank Corp.'s new handsets, Aquos Shot 933H, are shown during a press conference to unveil the new lineup by Japan's third biggest mobile carrier in Tokyo Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

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Softbank Corp.'s new handsets, Solar Hybrid 936SH, are shown during a press conference to unveil the new lineup by Japan's third biggest mobile carrier in Tokyo Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

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Softbank Corp. TV commercial model Kai the Hokkaido dog, wearing Japan's third biggest mobile carrier's baseball team the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' cap and uniform, poses next to a new handset held by U.S. actor Dante Carver, unseen, during a press event in Tokyo Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

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Softbank Corp. TV commercial dog model Kai, wearing Japan's third biggest mobile carrier's baseball team the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' cap and uniform, reacts upon being touched by Japanese actress Aya Ueto, right, as U.S. actor Dante Carver looks on during a press event to unveil the comp...

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Softbank Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son introduces one of the company's 19 new models at a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

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Softbank Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son, left, and Softbank mobile commercial film's characters, from second left, actresses Kanako Higuchi and Aya Ueto, dog model Kai, actor Dante Carver, pose with the company's new models at a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

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Softbank Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son, and Softbank mobile commercial film's characters, actresses Kanako Higuchi and Aya Ueto, dog model Kai, actor Dante Carver, pose with the company's new models at a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

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Japan's No. 3 mobile carrier Softbank Corp. clerks wait for customers at a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Softbank said Thursday that it sank into a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter on one-time costs, including launching a superfast Internet service.

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Japan's No. 3 mobile carrier Softbank Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009.

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Japan's No. 3 mobile carrier Softbank Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son speaks with a smile during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009.

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Japan's No. 3 mobile carrier Softbank Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009.

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Pedestrians are reflected on the window at a shop of Japan's No. 3 mobile carrier Softbank Corp. in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Softbank said Thursday that it sank into a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter on one-time costs, including launching a superfast Internet service.

A man using a mobile phone walks past an advertisement board of Softbank Corp in Tokyo February 5, 2009.

A woman using a mobile phone walks past an advertisement board of Softbank Corp in Tokyo February 5, 2009.

A man using a mobile phone walks past an advertisement board of Softbank Corp in Tokyo February 5, 2009.

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Jack Ma (R), Chairman and CEO, Alibaba Group, answers questions while Masayoshi Son (C), head of Japan's Softbank Group, and Alibaba Japan President Makoto Koyama (L) listen during a press conference after their business seminar at a Tokyo hotel on November 11, 2008.

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Jack Ma (C), Chairman and CEO, Alibaba Group, speaks while Masayoshi Son (R), head of Japan's Softbank Group, and Alibaba Japan president Makoto Koyama (L) listen during their business seminar at a Tokyo hotel on November 11, 2008.

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Jack Ma (C), Chairman and CEO, Alibaba Group, poses for photo with Masayoshi Son (L), head of Japan's Softbank Group, and Alibaba Japan president Makoto Koyama (R), during a press conference after their business seminar at a Tokyo hotel on November 11, 2008.