Japan has long been known as the land where advanced mobile phones pack features that would have the average American dizzy with wonderment. Japanese handset makers have been concentrating on stuffing as much techno-gadgetry in to their dumb-phones in an attempt to woo as many Japanese tech-heads as possible. But, there's a problem. Japan has seen

We know that Softbank, not DoCoMo or KDDI, the number and two carrier in Japan, will release the iPhone to the Japanese. But few have realized the implication of this. An online study conducted by iSHARE illustrates what exactly this means: iPhone will not be a big sell in Japan. Only 9% of people between

In the US, the RIAA has a huge job on its hands policing people's computer use, but the Recording Industry Association of Japan is far more concerned with mobile phones when it comes to copyright infringement. That's because Japanese music lovers acquire new tunes on their handsets, not from their laptops. ars technica reports. The RIAJ has announced that two men from Hyogo were taken in...

Seems the Japanese are taking to the Apple iPhone 3G, as even though the iPhone 3G is barely a month old in Japan, they already have four iPhone specific magazines out on stands for the iPhonic curious Japanese. Which goes to show when it comes to mobile phones, especially the Apple iPhone 3G, Japan doesn’t hold

Digital music sales are surging in Japan, with the Recording Industry of Japan reporting mobile and online revenues grew 128 percent during the first half of 2008. According to the RIAJ, consumers downloaded 20.3 million singles, albums and music videos during the first six months of the year, up 143 percent in unit volume year-over-year and generating $39.5 million in revenue. Mobile sales (i.e.,...

[CN+] NTT DoCoMo, Japan Airlines and three other firms have been selected by the Japanese government to conduct trials of a next-generation information technologies that are developed in Japan,

David Collier of Japanese content provider Pikkle explains how content companies in Japan manage to avoid the headaches caused by operator decks in Japan.

Disney Mobile is making plans to travel to Japan. Its mobile service is supposed to target Japanese women between the ages of 20-30. The reason for this marketing strategy is supported by the fact that Softbank, one of the largest cellular service providers in Japan, has a website that reflects a subscriber demographic

Samsung Omnia has been only today announced for Japan, several months after the handset went on sale in Europe. However, Japanese mobile users seem to be a bit luckier than the European ones, as Omnia will be launched by SoftBank with some upgraded features. The official name of the Japanese Omnia is SoftBank 930SC Omnia.

Government officials of Japan said they are going to push their mobile technology abroad, this will include the wallet phone which is extremely popular in Japan. With Japan being the technology haven of the world with their high speed internet connections, digital broadcasts and electronics, the Japanese mobile technology seems to be lacking, especially the handsets,