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
Japanese mobile phone culture a leader in mobile phone technology. The first camera phone J-Phone (Stylized as 写メール, which stands for Photo-Mail) was released in November 2000, and not only included a camera but also the function to send photographs via messaging or E-mail, which made the phone extremely popular at the time. Technologies like 3G Mobile Broadband were common in Japan before any other country. Some of the main features of a mobile in Japan include: In recent years, some cellular phones have been updated to be used as debit or credit cards and can be swiped through most tills to buy products