Japan's SoftBank appoints CTO Miyakawa as CEO

Japan's SoftBank appoints CTO Miyakawa as CEO

FILE PHOTO: SoftBank Corp Representative Director and CTO Junichi Miyakawa speaks during their joint news conference with Toyota Motor Corp Executive Vice President Shigeki Tomoyama (not pictured) in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Japan’s third-largest telco SoftBank Corp said on Tuesday that Chief Technology Officer Junichi Miyakawa would become its chief executive effective April 1.