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Specially designed “Japanese public telephone” backpack has Twitter ringing...

Forget London phone booths, Japan’s green public telephones are the new trendy icon. It used to be that London phone booths were the iconic public feature, but since they’ve started being phased out...

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Following powerful earthquake in northern Japan, all Hokkaido payphones are...

There’s no need to pay to use payphones to let your family know you’re OK or tell response teams that you need help. Early this morning, a powerful earthquake struck Hokkaido, the northernmost of...

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Anime-style magic circle cordless charging pad is the coolest way ever to...

Japanese company’s gadget for summoning life force for your devices is awesome…but maybe too awesome to be real. According to electrical engineers, cordless charging fills up your electronic device’s...

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You can send email from payphones in Japan?!? We try the technology trick...

How are you supposed to type a message without a keyboard or touch screen? Japanese toilets, deservedly, get a lot of credit for all their cool features, like their backside-washing bidets and poop...

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New Japanese smartphone prohibits users from taking naked selfies

Tone Mobile’s new phone won’t save photo data it thinks is “inappropriate.” While Japan gets as excited for the latest and greatest iPhone as any other economically prosperous country, it’s not like...

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The end of the pay phone? Japanese government considering getting rid of...

Let’s be real though — when was the last time you used one anyway? For those of us who are old enough to remember life before the dawn of the cellphone age, pay phones were life-savers, whether you...

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Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains to remove all onboard payphones

Before you hop on the Shinkansen, make sure you’ve got your ticket and a charged phone. Japan is a country where old communications technology takes a long time to fade away. It wasn’t until fairly...

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Anti-selfie tech? Japanese government pleads with cellphone carriers to curb...

Officials are eager to stop young people from sending salacious images. We live in unprecedented times, as I’m sure you well know by now. But one of the most striking changes in recent years is how...

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One of Japan’s rarest, craziest pay phones is hanging out in a tree-shaped...

We track down an ultra-rare Duet Phone and try it out. Public pay phones of any type have become pretty rare in Japan, but the rarest of all is the Duet Phone. Honestly, that name is a little...

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What to do if your phone battery dies when using a mobile transit pass on a...

Avoid getting stuck inside the train station forever with these handy solutions. For many commuters in Japan, swapping an IC transport card for the mobile system that allows you to simply swipe your...

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Japanese companies banned from locking cellphone SIM starting this autumn

The change comes after multiple years of deliberation. Unlocking your cellphone provides an assortment of advantages. From being able to switch phone carriers more easily to staying out of device...

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Japanese company starts paid service to attach protective film to your...

Docomo, Japan’s largest telecom provider, launches Film Attachment Support program, but it’ll cost you. Like most mobile phone providers, Japan’s Docomo doesn’t just offer phone service and data...

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Major Japanese phone company rolls out a brand-new flip phone

Shiny new old-school tech isn’t aimed only at people not ready to let go of what’s always worked for them. Despite Japan being home to some of the world’s most high-profile electronics companies, the...

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Flip phone graduation ceremony — A surprisingly emotional look back at life...

With the first phase of Japan’s 3G network shutdown starting this month, phone provider takes a moment to remember how it changed communication culture. Later this month Au becomes the first of...

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Japan’s plastic model capital installs working plastic model-style...

Plastic Model-ization Plan welcomes its newest public art pieces. On Sunday, Shizuoka City put a lot of smiles on people’s faces by installing some new pay phones. That might not seem like anything...

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Japanese teen calls cops on man she thinks is holding a knife, turns out he...

Suspect had no intent to kill or upgrade to the latest electronics. At roughly 1:30 in the afternoon last Thursday, an operator for the 110 emergency number in Sendai received a call from a woman in...

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Smartphone-abstinence cocktail created by Japanese restaurant to put focus on...

Restaurant came up with idea after poll showed majority of people are bothered by dining companions staring at their phones during meals. Futago is Tokyo’s newest yakiniku restaurant, having just...

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Japanese rural airport’s Reluctant Goodbye Phone makes sorrow of parting a...

Akita welcomes back the Onagori Phone. As a regional airport serving one of Japan’s least populous prefectures, Akita Airport doesn’t have all the amenities you might find at larger air travel hubs,...

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Flipping genius? Japan is getting a new flip phone/smartphone hybrid【Photos】

Return of the gara kei? After the advent of smartphones, Japanese consumers were a bit slow to adopt the new technology, and part of the reason was that at the time Japan was already making the most...

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Is Japan’s cheapest SIM-free phone plan actually usable? Testing Irumo on all...

We get to the bottom of the low-cost, SIM-free service plan by heading to the deepest points of the public transportation network. We bought a whole bunch of fukubukuro/lucky bags this New Year’s...

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