Japanese-language news outlets said the company, which developsPV projects through its renewable-energy unit, SB Energy, would reconsider itsplanned installations in Abira, near the city of Tomakomai, and Yakumo, locatednorth of the port of Hakodate.

“That’s not true,” Softbank spokesman Kenichi Yuasa tellsRecharge, while conceding that problems could arise in the future.

Yuasa says Softbank is working on a 111MW installation in thetown of Abira and a 2.7MW