Hikari Tsushin's Shigeta gives up post at Softbank

Hikari Tsushin's Shigeta gives up post at Softbank

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows Hikari Tsushin Inc. President Yasumitsu Shigeta, who resigned April 26 as outside director at Softbank Corp. in order to concentrate on running his own company. Hikari Tsushin anticipates a loss of 11.60 billion yen for the current business year through Aug. 31, instead of the profit of 8.0 billion yen it projected last August.

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