SoftBank Group Boosts Size of Planned Bond in Market Return

  • Company plans to price 177 billion yen ($1.7 billion) of notes
  • That’s up from an initial plan of about 100 billion yen

A SoftBank Corp. store in Tokyo, Japan, 

Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
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SoftBank Group Corp. is set to price 177 billion yen ($1.7 billion) of debt Friday in its first bond sale in more than a year, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Japanese technology conglomerate led by Masayoshi Son boosted the planned size from an initial target of about 100 billion yen.