Softbank celebrates start of solar power plants

Softbank celebrates start of solar power plants

NIIGATA, Japan - Softbank Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son (3rd from R), Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa (4th from R) and others gather at a ceremony in the city of Kyoto on July 1, 2012, to commemorate the start of operation at a solar power plant in the city operated by SB Energy Corp., a Softbank Corp. subsidiary. A ceremony was also held the same day in Gunma Prefecture for the start of operation at another solar power plant operated by SB Energy.

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