SoftBank CFO sticks to $41bn asset sale plan despite coronavirus

Yoshimitsu Goto says investors would rather Son have bigger stake, not smaller

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SoftBank Group CFO Yoshimitsu Goto says the company is committed to its original one-year deadline for selling off some $41 billioin in assets. (Nikkei Montage/ Source photo by Jun Takai)

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review chief business news correspondent

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group is determined to push ahead with its 4.5 trillion yen ($41 billion) asset sale program as originally planned despite the coronavirus wreaking havoc on markets and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week declaring the first state of emergency in Japan's postwar history.

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