Masayoshi Son, president and chief executive officer of Soft [Getty Images]

JAPAN - JANUARY 25: Masayoshi Son, president and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp., poses with models during an even to introduce the company's new handsets in Tokyo on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. Softbank Corp., Japan's third-largest mobile-phone operator, said a discount price plan available since mid-January drew 100,000 new subscribers, while about 400,000 existing users converted to the new fee schedule. (Photo by Robert Gilhooly/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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