Y!mobile is a Japanese mobile phone operator. Y!mobile is a brand used by SoftBank Corp., a subsidiary of Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank Group Corporation, that provides mobile telecommunications and ADSL services. The current CEO of the company is Ken Miyauchi. It was formed in 2014 through the merger of Willcom and eAccess, and uses the Y! moniker brand from Yahoo! Japan, which is partly-owned by SoftBank.
A Willcom PHS phone tower in Tokorozawa, Saitama, in 2006
The Toranomon Twin Building in Minato-ku, Tokyo, headquarters of eAccess
Willcom and EMOBILE signs at a plaza in 2014
An EMOBILE store in Tokyo in 2012
SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo which focuses on investment management. The group primarily invests in companies operating in technology that offer goods and services to customers in a multitude of markets and industries ranging from the internet to automation. With over $100 billion in capital at its onset, SoftBank's Vision Fund is the world's largest technology-focused venture capital fund. Fund investors included sovereign wealth funds from countries in the Middle East.
Headquarters in Kaigan, Minato, Tokyo
SoftBank store in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
SoftBank store in Sendai, with decorations for the Tanabata
Sony TH291 cellular phone for the Digital Tu-Ka operator
