With Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. said to be eyeing an acquisition of U.S. company Sprint Nextel Corp., chances are increasing for Japan to see the biggest boom year in cross-border deals in its history.

随着日本移动运营商软银股份有限公司(Softbank Corp.)表示正在考虑收购美国公司Sprint Nextel Corp.，日本企业今年跨境并购交易规模很有可能达到有史以来的最高水平。

Bolstered by a strong yen and sitting on piles of cash, Japanese companies have already spent $66 billion in 559 overseas acquisitions so far this year and were already on track to top last year's record of $84 billion, according to data provider Dealogic.

数据提供商Dealogic的数据显示，在强势日圆的支撑下，拥有大量现金的日本企业今年以来已经斥资660亿美元进行了559宗海外并购交易，并很有可能打破去年创下的840亿美元的记录。

A person with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday that Softbank, the country's third-largest carrier by subscribers and a provider of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, is in advanced talks to buy Sprint in a deal expected to exceed $12.8 billion.

一位了解谈判内容的知情人士周四说，软银洽购Sprint的谈判正处于深入阶段，交易规模有望超过128亿美元。按照用户数量计算，软银是日本第三大运营商，它同时提供苹果公司(Apple Inc.)的iPhone手机。

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