Mobile phone industry in Japan other email services have also introduced "emoji" that can be sent and received from mobile handsets as well as computers. Mobile phone industry in Japan The Japanese mobile phone industry is one of the most advanced in the world. As of July 31, 2013 there were 139,180,300 mobile phones in use in Japan. This is 110 percent of Japan's total population according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. In Japanese, are often referred to as simply or for short. There are four cellular service operators in Japan. Willcom is the last PHS Personal Handy-phone System service operator. DoCoMo
Aquos Phone SH-06D Aquos Phone SH-06D The Aquos Phone SH-06D is an Android smartphone manufactured by Sharp Corporation. Exclusively released in Japan in 2012 by the local carrier NTT Docomo, the device features a dual-core processor and a 720p autostereoscopic display, and was notably the first smartphone to support a new mobile TV service that had been developed in collaboration with NTT Docomo. In June 2012, a special edition of the SH-06D themed after the anime series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was released in honour of the upcoming film, "". The special edition, of which only 10,000 were made, featured a redesigned exterior and