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Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2013

Russia eyeing NSA-like surveillance

Less than three months after granting asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, Russia is preparing to implement the kind of electronic surveillance that Snowden uncovered in the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2013

Shift to mobile services to up ad growth: Yahoo Japan

Yahoo Japan Corp. expects economic growth and a consumer shift to mobile services to spur revenue gains as it targets advertising growth of at least 10 percent.
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN WEB WATCH
Apr 17, 2013

Shows on the road: mobile, on-demand TV a hit in Japan

There must be very few homes in the developed world that don't have a television, and Japan is no exception. Even in the Internet era, as terrestrial TV is slowly being replaced by networked TVs, cable channels and computers, regular TV broadcasting still makes up for much of many people's leisure time....
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 22, 2012

Mobile phones on mannerless mode

And here I thought mobile phones couldn't get any worse.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Jun 10, 2011

Smartphone support just got smarter

The smartphone population growing by the day, as are the stores and services following the smart money.
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Mar 16, 2011

The mobile-Internet is a lifeline for people in postquake confusion

When the earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, voice calls from mobile phones became immediately unavailable in order to leave room for emergency calls. However, in the Kanto area, mobile Internet connection was mostly kept on, and many people turned to the Web to exchange information.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Feb 23, 2011

Asian Android tablets stand out at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) was held in Barcelona last week, and besides the usual fancy phones on display, an abundance of shiny new Android tablets were unveiled at the event as well. And now that the tablet-specific Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS is in the wild, we can finally get excited about these...
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2010

Adapting to the Digital Age

The pervasive influence of digital media was highlighted on June 7 by the announcement of recommendations for changes in the authorized list of kanji for everyday use. A government advisory panel has proposed adding 196 kanji and removing five for a total of 2,136 characters.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Mar 12, 2010

Japan by the numbers (3.12.10)

Surveys say ... Holmes is hotter but Watson (or a government worker) would make a better husband.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 12, 2009

Pet cremation goes mobile

When your pooch or kitty expires in Tokyo, you can't just bury it out back. Which explains why mobile pet crematoriums are such a growth business.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2008

IPhone helps Softbank add mobile users

Softbank Corp. said Thursday that it had its best month in four months in July after starting to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 6, 2008

Simian Mobile Disco

An 18-year-old with a passion for dance music these days was not much more than a toddler when Underworld released "Rez" and started to establish themselves as part of a new generation of dance acts that could hold their own on the festival circuit. Very few acts in the years since then have managed...
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2007

Got Gmail? Got it on your mobile? KDDI to offer Google mail for free

KDDI Corp. will offer an e-mail service based on Google Inc.'s Gmail, expanding an existing alliance to win customers in the $75 billion wireless market, KDDI said Monday.
BUSINESS
May 22, 2007

NEC cuts mobile losses, logs profit

NEC Corp. became profitable again in the fiscal year through March, the electronics company said Monday, and projected earnings would triple this fiscal year on an expected recovery in its battery and cell phone operations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2006

Mobile locks up, allows tracking if it strays

A new mobile phone in Japan locks automatically when its owner moves too far away and can be found via satellite navigation if it is missing.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2006

Takenaka mum on Softbank mobile license

Communications minister Heizo Takenaka declined comment Tuesday when asked whether his ministry will rescind the license granted to Softbank Corp. in November that authorized the company to enter the mobile phone business.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Apr 18, 2005

Of mobile landings and staircases: Japan in the global school of wizardry

"Poised on the landing" is the way people have taken to talking about the Japanese economy lately. The English-language way of referring to the same thing is to call it "going through a soft patch."
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2004

Motorists face fines for use of mobile phones

The government said Tuesday that motorists who use mobile phones while driving will be slapped with fines beginning in November.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2003

Mobile phone shipments up 20%

Domestic shipments of mobile phones rose 20.6 percent in September from a year earlier to 4.129 million units, up for the 11th consecutive month.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2003

Mobile phone shipments up 23.5%

Domestic shipments of mobile phone handsets, including personal handy-phone equipment, rose 23.5 percent in May from a year earlier to 4,002,000 units, logging a seventh straight monthly gain, an industry association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2002

Mobile security standard developed

Three Japanese and two foreign electronics firms announced Thursday the creation of a mobile commerce extension standard that will enable flash memory cards to be used for secure shopping and banking via mobile devices.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2002

Ministry to help unemployed with mobile phones

The government on Thursday launched a mobile-phone version of its Internet service posting nationwide job offers.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2001

Mobile phone users top 60 million

There were 60.94 million mobile phone subscriptions in Japan at the end of March, topping 60 million for the first time, according to the Telecommunications Carriers Association. The number increased by 9.8 million from a year earlier, the industry group said.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Net mobile phone users top 31 million

The number of people with Internet-capable mobile phones stood at 31.41 million at the end of February, up a sharp 2.16 million from a month earlier, the Telecommunications Carriers Association said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2001

Matsushita joins 2Roam on mobile Web solutions

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Monday it has allied with 2Roam Inc., a U.S. wireless software and service provider, to offer a mobile solutions service in Japan.

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