Japan's SoftBank restarts buybacks as asset sales swell cash pile

Japan's SoftBank restarts buybacks as asset sales swell cash pile

FILE PHOTO: Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son bows his head after his presentation at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

SoftBank Group Corp resumed its share buybacks in September, after an enforced pause in August due to asset sales, saying on Wednesday it spent 40 billion yen ($380 million) of its growing cash pile.