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Japan Display Inc. rolling 2nd-gen "Pixel Eyes" screens, ready for iWhatever near you soon https://t.co/8vggrYtbUK pic.twitter.com/CCuFhKR8zY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 9, 2016

Suggest #PanasonicCES booth https://t.co/HCQ2s28RGJ noting their showcase here in Fujisawa! https://t.co/mokZTdXVIz pic.twitter.com/79MqkvYEii

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 6, 2016

Best Wishes and Many Thanks to All あけましておめでとう we're really looking forward to some Epic Monkey Games here in 2016! pic.twitter.com/DFJQXvIMTn

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 30, 2015

SoftBanks new Electricity division opening in January for service launch April 2016 [Jpn] https://t.co/rSD8iPKQrg pic.twitter.com/2R6dcOyZjl

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 28, 2015

LINE Rolls LIVE video platform, this is Really Gonna Rock! [Jpn] https://t.co/BrXGOSS8mf All The Stars @LINELIVE_JP pic.twitter.com/ULaay9bUAF

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 10, 2015

DoCoMo Samurai Smartphone Parade: Fun video on serious topic = Smile.. It's Monday! https://t.co/BV2tBHf6j4 pic.twitter.com/fnJp0LtSoo

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 7, 2015

JR Suica NFC stats; 55M cards, 5M daily hits, 4,700 stations and 3.6M mobile users [Jpn] https://t.co/p372yp5r6m pic.twitter.com/FcIGoJ7sgs

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 7, 2015

TDK ramps $2Bn smartphone revenue: https://t.co/UqZ51BOHnQ yet Reuters missed Renesas news: https://t.co/BCkHaOdIZe pic.twitter.com/OHkhdkDW6x

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 3, 2015

Love the Sync Project https://t.co/eWenOLcs9t AU just announced their Xmas Dinner campaign! https://t.co/9Dafi84Vho pic.twitter.com/b4hW36xiDY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 1, 2015

DoCoMo pulls the plug on NOTTV https://t.co/F0iA7P5dAb backstory noted here in June https://t.co/yr09AxLU9I [Jpn] pic.twitter.com/BIoYNYebFN

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 29, 2015

Huge Congrats to Pepper App Challenge Winning team, see HUG Project #VR promo here: https://t.co/y2nvphboGt pic.twitter.com/fMylPK15ae

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 29, 2015

DoCoMo and partners successfully conduct 5G trials, speed +2Gbps, in actual-use environment https://t.co/bZv221GVTU pic.twitter.com/gM09vUlkc2

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 26, 2015

Japan to host @ITU statistics symposium #WTIS2015 in Hiroshima from 11.30 > 12.02, details https://t.co/pN3nxAzXke pic.twitter.com/uDjg4IHPP7

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 24, 2015

Congrats @SEGA_NAILPURI takes traditional photo-booth stickers to whole new level - Watch: https://t.co/8m3FPkuAp0 pic.twitter.com/7iOz5hyFiO

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 20, 2015

LINE does colab with Recruit to enable AirREGI platform for payments from spring 2016 [Jpn] https://t.co/zBiwPlsXmW pic.twitter.com/BGEmzGvv4B

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 20, 2015

KDDI announces "Sound Insight" platform, c/w non-audible function, to push messaging [Jpn] https://t.co/AA3uTqhBct pic.twitter.com/Hm8fN39dUj

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 19, 2015

PR @KDDI_Labs on Vuzix colab for hands-free AR remote support using VistaFinder Mx [Jpn] https://t.co/AvE9Wx2nPY pic.twitter.com/wOKYzVzUMa

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 17, 2015

Kyocera joins Honda Racing for Dakar Rally 2016 with ultra-rugged Torque smartphone https://t.co/XykxJMy0Cl pic.twitter.com/HCnQVLe6Of

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 17, 2015

KDDI 1H Results FYE March 2016, YoY profits +18% See the webcast in English, runs 47mins: https://t.co/sRaDt1F59D pic.twitter.com/9FFHtpUMf8

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 14, 2015

DeNA reports Q2 results, $300M revenue $56M operating profit, details @Nintendo plan .Pdf https://t.co/wsSN6LxZiZ pic.twitter.com/WXNVaWvc3H

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 12, 2015

Intl. Robot Exhibition iRex 2015 running at Tokyo Bigsite Dec. 2-5th, details in Eng. via https://t.co/TUJ85rGo5F pic.twitter.com/q6ro6gZYmH

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 6, 2015

DoCoMo Innovation Village 5G Idea Contest deadline Nov. 16th, Winners on Dec. 10th [Jpn] https://t.co/ZGc4VlW3nD pic.twitter.com/LHhdgPkR2p

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 3, 2015

GREE posts 1Q results FYE 2016; $165M Net Sales with $16M Net Income, Full Eng-IR .Pdf https://t.co/jPGqOuss5j pic.twitter.com/VSsIaIYb82

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 31, 2015

Ministry considers 020 number for M2M lines, with 42M IoT devices estimated by 2020 [Jpn] https://t.co/V9bcQQiXgX pic.twitter.com/oV150DBPBD

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 29, 2015

Grade 6 student wins @AppliKoshien 2015 Teen App Award for Allergy checker: https://t.co/SDXuq9pDid 8-) @kyanchiaki pic.twitter.com/shfJxY9k31

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 28, 2015

14 Jpn companies form multi-lingual translation tech promotion consortium, PR only in Jpn? https://t.co/lPwc17cUlF pic.twitter.com/pgAPJcKsWm

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 26, 2015

Congrats All @moneytreejp closing investment from Mizuho, UFJ, SMBC and Salesforce [Jpn] https://t.co/CnL8kk54Nv pic.twitter.com/mVmOWG757a

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 22, 2015

New @AppAnnie Top Rankings, Worldwide; Monster Strike #1 by Revenue https://t.co/SkAdDVqicG Congrats @Mixi_PR pic.twitter.com/6WtcPRLCsv

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 22, 2015

KDDI announces exhibit of 10Gbps feeding 8K screen.. with Whale Sharks.. [Jpn] http://t.co/n23mOtntv3 TGIF! pic.twitter.com/1pwZ7INgPI

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 16, 2015

The Pepper App and Innovation Challenges are underway, deadline for entries 10.31 [Jpn] http://t.co/VMl6MZSF4k pic.twitter.com/ylIfMDr4Df

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 11, 2015

Dreamgate does PowerMatching for +200 Jpn startups http://t.co/5CuctN4cut with +100 titans http://t.co/oWU0GQLUFE pic.twitter.com/Vk5nolf4hr

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 8, 2015

Congrats to all @JibeMobile on the 'acquired by Google' announcement.. http://t.co/yWU7gOrk4B おつかれさまでした Mukai-san! pic.twitter.com/7EWljQLz9J

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 5, 2015

DoCoMo intro'd new handsets & services line-up today, see full press conf. video in Eng. http://t.co/F3t4MokvoP pic.twitter.com/DJuUZfmuJS

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 30, 2015

Sharp announces 16-inch TV-Tablet, running 'droid, waterproof design c/w DigiTv tuner [Jpn] http://t.co/Y172rp4tD1 pic.twitter.com/LMdVtLuPkK

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 30, 2015

Smartwatch for kids, $100 to buy and $5 month, adds health & fitness functions [Jpn] http://t.co/kTIpWTkd7K

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 25, 2015

Tokyo Girls Collection Shines 9.27 at Yoyogi Stadium http://t.co/6l9b4JCz3S See it Buy it: http://t.co/1KyHkE8RvA pic.twitter.com/aZzgqbb6q0

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 19, 2015

Niantic Labs - creators of @Ingress - join with Nintendo for Pokeman GO! Scheduled for release in 2016, trailer: https://t.co/VvB7I5xTnO

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 11, 2015

DoCoMo Tegaki Hon'yaku handwriting translation app http://t.co/n6sRCEdB8y download via http://t.co/I6u0lFhZCR pic.twitter.com/I6u2dJJYAr

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 9, 2015

Sony unveils Xperia Z5 series, with Premium model touting 4K display, at IFA, presentation: https://t.co/nZCSpSeAol pic.twitter.com/7P28inbQ4H

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 7, 2015

Welcome @Netflix Japan debut with @SoftBank partnership! [Jpn] http://t.co/qS4jIP7mCk PR: http://t.co/oGeFzizsXA pic.twitter.com/JFdPrZFZAZ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 4, 2015

Another partner @ingress as ITO EN adds campaign bottles into 2,000 vending machines [Jpn] http://t.co/UTbf1JL7As pic.twitter.com/2dxacHH6Ij

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 2, 2015

THIS. is why we do what we do: Huge Respect for KDDI on SYNC, watch the Dreams video https://t.co/vq5cHPYv0D pic.twitter.com/MTmAbD2GEk

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 1, 2015

Keynote by Masayoshi Son at SoftBank World event here today, runs 85-mins w/Eng. voice-over http://t.co/1sMQoXzS1k pic.twitter.com/BjsC40hU45

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 30, 2015

NTT Com offers world 1st speech-recognition API for multiple browsers at zero fee via SkyWay http://t.co/yr2egsb7vk pic.twitter.com/MajxvELPPF

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 29, 2015

Yahoo Japan announces "myThings" IoT platform, PR [Jpn] http://t.co/R6oytaDWZZ website http://t.co/s1KeAFhMgJ pic.twitter.com/TqILPmavcq

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 27, 2015

Tokyo taps Sharp to roll City Charge solar-power platform, juice-up for free! [Jpn] http://t.co/jJeOgx0Hyw pic.twitter.com/BJAmoJAx4A

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 27, 2015

DoCoMo does iConcier multi-lingual trials for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 'humanoid' aka Nao! http://t.co/7XnIZwpBGt pic.twitter.com/IMswqHWfhw

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 25, 2015

Tadashi Onodera, chairman of KDDI, MWC Shanghai keynote on key topic of 'Mobile Identity' http://t.co/gxGQTUsTDo pic.twitter.com/OXCg16t7Qo

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 18, 2015

NTT Com rolls pre-paid sim vending machines at Narita: offers $2 per day for 100MB data plan http://t.co/4Jwa2aVBm7 pic.twitter.com/lS5EaN0UQ3

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 18, 2015

KDDI Labo PR w/DemoDay winners, next cohort focus on hardware, new partners & regions! [Jpn] http://t.co/NUjAHwivkJ pic.twitter.com/DQnyXg7Mbn

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 14, 2015

Our annual - Awesome - Beer Garden Matsuri is July 31st..!_! モバイルマンデー東京 - 7月31日 - ビアガーデンで 夏祭り http://t.co/KjEcxjqdaU pic.twitter.com/pREdDdsDHQ

— Mobile Monday Tokyo (@MoMo_Tokyo) July 14, 2015

Kenko introduces microscope designed to enable easy image capture with smartphone [Jpn] http://t.co/NWjtpQA5Nq pic.twitter.com/ximrX6iTEt

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 12, 2015

KDDI Labo Ventures Program runs their 8th cohort Demo Day on 07.14 event details here [Jpn] http://t.co/eaSKJNHUB4 pic.twitter.com/6OyusMzpx9

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 9, 2015

DoCoMo Signs MoU with GE for business alliance to provide industrial IoT solutions via Toami http://t.co/iHNJIi8H09 pic.twitter.com/Q6UtEXoPq8

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 8, 2015

Sony debuts First Flight, new Crowdfunding Seed Accelerator platform, PR in English here http://t.co/JA4leCLcR9 pic.twitter.com/qHVtsX3iux

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 2, 2015

NTT will trial replacing payphones with tablets, evaluations to run over next 90-days [Jpn] http://t.co/EoA5zQHcyV pic.twitter.com/YsrnU1nxRY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 26, 2015

Way Cool.. MUFG bank does colab with @Ingress adds 1,700 branch locations as Portals, Eng. PR http://t.co/zzh2asAHa1 pic.twitter.com/YoYsQCTgHm

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 21, 2015

Congrats @GisukeTokuyama for Toshiba Robot Idea Contest grand prize http://t.co/srunzdI6Hg vending machine drones! pic.twitter.com/QvdqgTSQmg

— Lars Cosh-Ishii (@video_link) June 19, 2015

New Sony Z4 has serious issues related to Snapdragon 810, overheats and shuts down.. not good http://t.co/UBz0aRh9hI pic.twitter.com/HzVyOALQTa

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 16, 2015

Awesome! #Persepolis XM Anomaly event in Tohoku by @Ingress 06.20 has +3,000 registered [Jpn] http://t.co/vAjXSRPmH0 pic.twitter.com/7Czhr71d1z

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 12, 2015

Fujistu campaign caravan for new Iris-enabled phone: pretty eyes contest, $10k prize [Jpn] http://t.co/9X4QnrOFtS pic.twitter.com/wcq5ZyIli3

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 4, 2015

Japan Android Group announces their always Awesome Bazaar & Conf. gig for July 20th [Jpn] http://t.co/or2GRe8x4d pic.twitter.com/ClUfpW8HXQ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 4, 2015

LINE x Music, 3-way colab with Avex and Sony, rolled teaser website: [Jpn] http://t.co/6TGqRmcU18 Rocking! pic.twitter.com/isrvcfuLgL

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 1, 2015

Detailed Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 'droid smartphone<-camera review http://t.co/yabBHMJjJk via @DPRConnect pic.twitter.com/TT93tqzF7l

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 30, 2015

w0w @Mixi_PR announces $400M in Q4 sales for Monster Strike! The full .Pdf in English here: http://t.co/KUOz2QjnP2 pic.twitter.com/TcuVUz9WGX

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 21, 2015

SoftBank debuts Summer 2015 lineup, c/w World 1st LTE enabled Surface3 tablet, details [Jpn] http://t.co/uG3PHPgJUa pic.twitter.com/fqZ2qYcM0P

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 19, 2015

Fujitsu Arrows NX Smartphone claims world 1st biometric authentication using iris recognition via DoCoMo end of May: https://t.co/3Wi0wbHbjb

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 13, 2015

DoCoMo just announced plan to integrate elements of their dmarket content service on FaceBook! http://t.co/SIlqWhitIf pic.twitter.com/8sHMjVsHwy

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 13, 2015

KDDI has released their full-year earnings, full materials, and webcast, in English here: http://t.co/qxcugLbVHq pic.twitter.com/GbfN8ZS7eE

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 12, 2015

Pioneer CarNavi plugs Rekochoku music streaming into Carrozzeria platform, Road-Trip! [Jpn] http://t.co/cI2lGgnoxx pic.twitter.com/UECy62KsyM

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 10, 2015

Just noted @docomo_dkids platform has 400K subscribers, at $3 per month, Nice OTT play, now on Golden Week Holiday! pic.twitter.com/Ivl8HJmiDr

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 2, 2015

First Japan UAS Expo https://t.co/OSn9BPSVle plan includes FPV Drone Impact Challenge やった! https://t.co/ORwwpzeENk pic.twitter.com/R0vm6OqyYM

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 8, 2016

All 3 telcos report nation-wide speeds; DoCoMo avg. at 15-30Mbps up and 50-90Mbps down [Jpn] https://t.co/cPfhUHArWQ pic.twitter.com/x5LeFK5nIp

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 5, 2016

Fujitsu splits PC-Mobile business https://t.co/p5ZqpJPLIU see 2015 Group Integrated Report https://t.co/eJrCIzJOjV pic.twitter.com/5v1m6WJ90B

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 28, 2015

NicoNico Douga, Smile Video, announces Gear VR store.. just in time for Xmas! hAPPy! [Jpn] https://t.co/zA9OlNsffm pic.twitter.com/jXM0dgNyG6

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 21, 2015

Congrats @EmergenSeeU on $500K Verizon award https://t.co/SQ9gOc6W3n Noting KDDI circa 2007 https://t.co/VmzPpE4TK8 pic.twitter.com/fMO285A4Gs

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 14, 2015

Japan teens mobile SNS survey: LINE 94% Twitter 75% FB 38% Instagram 34% via Fast-Ask [Jpn] https://t.co/624OwYDxZ2 pic.twitter.com/NAUwLa3pXR

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 8, 2015

IDC Japan reports Q3 tablet sales +29% YoY with iPad at 38%, Samsung share not clear? [Jpn] https://t.co/9GBGFAEu5R pic.twitter.com/HRMGJeg3SY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 6, 2015

LINE Gourmet Reservations, rolled in June, claims 45,000 venues as largest in Japan [Jpn] https://t.co/EZyNZnUwNJ pic.twitter.com/PfJ2jrXpsa

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 3, 2015

Dentapple campaign combines tasty Fuji Apples with dedicated app to check your teeth, see: https://t.co/KuFDKUIBVm pic.twitter.com/5dxGRHkbHg

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 1, 2015

Congrats @Moneytreejp as 1 of 4 selected, out of 200 applicants, for MasterCard Start Path! https://t.co/DS6YLWSoWd pic.twitter.com/rkQHqPIgM7

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 28, 2015

Pepper App & Innovation Challenge Livestream, Now! https://t.co/nlC6yVybpa details [Jpn] https://t.co/VMl6MZB4cM pic.twitter.com/mwwG0UiSjM

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 28, 2015

CyberAgent results FYE 2015; record high sales and profits, $1.5Bn via Smartphone [Eng-Pdf] https://t.co/L0khAKb1ks pic.twitter.com/9lOVRhRG7M

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 27, 2015

Yatta @Aoi_zemi, mobile learning platform, $2M round led by KDDI Open Innovation Fund [Jpn] https://t.co/rww3ViwQmt pic.twitter.com/v1A3S5lALW

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 25, 2015

Jpn Telco Q2 Subscriber Stats: DoCoMo +1M, KDDI +500K and SoftBank -100K, total base 153M: https://t.co/DlSf4FbUjr pic.twitter.com/adZb9ZLYpf

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 21, 2015

Tis the Season: Smartphone Calamity Forecast, daily risk ranking of loss or damage [Jpn] https://t.co/o98n9o2psZ pic.twitter.com/dZns3WkxvB

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 19, 2015

Geek Alert: Check MESH - Make, Experience, SHare - via Sony's First Flight funding platform https://t.co/K1qhPMkM3t pic.twitter.com/FSygQjtjiv

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 18, 2015

The tech behind Sony's new Mobile Pico Projector, runs $350 on Amazon, via @sonyxperiadev https://t.co/yC6EE9LYKG pic.twitter.com/PPBUYDrkA6

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 18, 2015

Tokyo Univ. develops new formula with alumina, an oxide of aluminium, for ultra-hard glass: https://t.co/29wHSIB5ND pic.twitter.com/pR3XVKns2I

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 16, 2015

So-Net teaser page for Robi Smartphone; full details and pre-order from Nov. 16th [Jpn] https://t.co/1fEVwnV29w pic.twitter.com/bo7uS9N8b5

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 14, 2015

McDonalds joins DoCoMo dPoint Club: https://t.co/9N8Dj0kdTk platform debut Dec. 1st [Jpn] https://t.co/RuMBCM22gI pic.twitter.com/e8Wui7GkeS

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 12, 2015

World 1st in-wheel motor system for electric vehicles to transmit wireless power to engine https://t.co/EFNb7yRgFC pic.twitter.com/5tmIaK7oCU

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 5, 2015

7-11 runs #Evangelion 20th Anniversary campaign w/custom sim-free design by Sharp [Jpn] https://t.co/7A5gMpIIDI pic.twitter.com/M0vgjBGHBY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 2, 2015

JEITA reports Apr-Aug. Smart vs. Feature handset sales in Japan at 50% details [Jpn] https://t.co/doCmflkHPG pic.twitter.com/amUvuT0Vps

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 31, 2015

LINE 2015 Q3 Results: revenue ¥32.2Bn, approx. $265M, up YoY by 35% with 212M MAU, PR-Eng: https://t.co/s4QREsAMIw pic.twitter.com/TVv3mubtGF

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 29, 2015

According @reuters 'sources' suggest Toshiba will sell their image sensor business to Sony https://t.co/4kcq2F4ayh pic.twitter.com/xRU8YOpOlM

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 27, 2015

Tourists: Ninja WiFi router, $8 day for up to 3Gb data.. because.. Ninja.. !_! https://t.co/kXB8Soa3JS pic.twitter.com/qvnRFZm6lY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 24, 2015

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of DOCOMODAKE calls for a fun movie on how it all began! https://t.co/youusVnrdg pic.twitter.com/EFW9caMOrA

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 19, 2015

Congrats @Jins_Meme on public product launch Nov. 5th [Jpn] http://t.co/pcXmu2aMLb video https://t.co/2bZc3HI7NS pic.twitter.com/yskiBEDzSL

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 19, 2015

Fox Inc. lands @Blackberry agency deal for Japan; sim-free devices on-sale from 10.14 [Jpn] http://t.co/xR1lFh5bPB pic.twitter.com/wxLh1lJtSt

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 11, 2015

SoftBank press conference introduces new handsets and services; watch VOD in English here: http://t.co/TPDej1BNnX pic.twitter.com/XQeqF2tzKU

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 9, 2015

YATTA! @SHARP_JP announces #RoBoHoN [Jpn] http://t.co/Djs4Y4dOHJ video here: https://t.co/tNhWNYMvGh pic.twitter.com/4ic8wKqnT1

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 6, 2015

SoFi claims $1Bn round led by SoftBank as largest single funding in FinTech space to date http://t.co/B9fdcbQMp7 pic.twitter.com/QyBqzazmdK

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 1, 2015

Disney Mobile runs Villains Halloween tournament.. winning teams get all the spoils! [Jpn] http://t.co/R3cGbOYZC6 pic.twitter.com/3jxzBRpMpn

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 30, 2015

Sony rolls new Xperia Z5 with custom Made for Bond SPECTRE themes.. https://t.co/1oZI0zIJsi pic.twitter.com/ab4rvo4sNf

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 16, 2015

KDDI colab @RedBull Thre3Style DJ contest with playlists, webcasts and promo goodies [Jpn] http://t.co/H2p8byMbXM pic.twitter.com/cjCTA6lg98

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 9, 2015

Tokyo Game Show announces a record 473 exhibitors, 243 from overseas, and 2004 booths! http://t.co/z1tQfNT0YL pic.twitter.com/S38mhLDDoP

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 7, 2015

KDDI has been active in Cambodia since 2005, Congrats on their new branch in Phnom Penh! http://t.co/qQfWz3C6ED pic.twitter.com/Q66Pto26Ba

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 7, 2015

Whew.. back at the switch here in Tokyo after taking some hard-earned time to stop and smell the roses.. 8-) pic.twitter.com/VRP6KVB1eR

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 3, 2015

DoCoMo & partners introduce Home Security platform c/w House Sitting Camera monitoring [Jpn] http://t.co/T888ai3Utq pic.twitter.com/RWRwwS9tzJ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 7, 2015

New SoftBank Innovation Program call for entries, in 4-target categories, thru Sept. 30th: http://t.co/9cEDCgKrCv pic.twitter.com/WqJG5MPjly

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 2, 2015

MIC releases initial ICT action-plan for 2020, w/visitors in mind, sadly only Jpn and .Pdf http://t.co/lXUnx9obGG pic.twitter.com/GJbFbaNFW9

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 30, 2015

My featured article on @ingress live @CampaignAsia the world around you is not what it seems! http://t.co/NT1lJDhBGj pic.twitter.com/SDB74lUki4

— Lars Cosh-Ishii (@video_link) July 29, 2015

Make your iPhone Wearable, XPORTER-NEO by energetic crew from Kobe is fundraising here [Jpn] http://t.co/3U41qucopt pic.twitter.com/5DWLjqbzpa

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 27, 2015

Cyber Agent shows strong Q3 results; noted smartphone ad sales at $180M up 38% YoY, IR here http://t.co/IE8TBOdesu pic.twitter.com/kVTlE2Jyr8

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 27, 2015

New KDDI Qua series, Tab by Kyocera, 8" waterproof on droid 5.1 with LTE, Wimax and NFC [Jpn] http://t.co/sefJDiZ8PF pic.twitter.com/k0WofQaY7O

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 22, 2015

DoCoMo announces 5-more partners, now Lucky 13, have joined their 5G collaboration efforts http://t.co/PMRiCslWgQ pic.twitter.com/7bKcBaoup3

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 22, 2015

KDDI releases new tough Torque handset, by Kyocera, c/w underwater mode for better photos! http://t.co/8cR2KEHWeE https://t.co/hFGBEH7nfH

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 16, 2015

Tokyo Game Show announces record booth sales, taking all 11-halls at Makuhari Messe! [Pdf] http://t.co/cPzBNguSKt pic.twitter.com/598E0iZtav

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 14, 2015

Sad news across the wire: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Dies At 55 http://t.co/caqvNuIFdc pic.twitter.com/tAMb4VhlbZ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 13, 2015

CyberAgent rolls slick video platform c/w dedicated studio in Harajuku and colab w/TV Asahi http://t.co/vUJrMYa8cD pic.twitter.com/vG56g5rnmS

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 12, 2015

Super interesting tech coming via University of Tsukuba; 3D femtosecond lasers - just watch.. and imagine! https://t.co/j7JoewRkBZ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 8, 2015

SoftBank-owned Aldebaran Robotics announces beta Developer Program, details and free SDK here http://t.co/u2Q9tHTTES pic.twitter.com/NGXuwdHwOn

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 3, 2015

DoCoMo "Railway × ICT" colab with Keikyu geo-fencing biz-plan contest calling all devs [Jpn] http://t.co/ggM23xXxUU pic.twitter.com/vadxEsEJKv

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 2, 2015

Epson targets enterprise with Moverio Pro BT-2000, HMD unit running on Android, ships in Sept http://t.co/Qx4AwG3DBG pic.twitter.com/dMW1AAQGE4

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 27, 2015

Pepper sold-out 1,000 units.. in 1-minute: http://t.co/GX6BTSE9ms hAPPy belated 1st birthday! http://t.co/6iiETP5I4s pic.twitter.com/orZyaxBS7c

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 22, 2015

Noting JALxYamaha @Omotenashiguide announcement translation app, ironically all material Jpn? http://t.co/V2SPQ6cNHh pic.twitter.com/yUMqfPndff

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 21, 2015

Here's the latest peek into our future from DoCoMo.. promo kinda makes you feel all warm and fuzzy huh.. 8-) https://t.co/IyF34NkErb

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 17, 2015

Sony targets 20% lift for Image Sensor sales, beyond Apple & Samsung, to $5Bn annual revenues http://t.co/7lcDIMberw pic.twitter.com/YKhC0Kog1U

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 12, 2015

NTT Communications Offers SkyWay SDK, via GitHub, for iOS/Android Apps using WebRTC Platform http://t.co/9KZhLgJvLN pic.twitter.com/NA64oWO1O7

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 8, 2015

DoCoMo does colab with TOMY to utilize their interactive voice platform; meet OHaNAS OmniBot! http://t.co/pnXyFQKtn9 pic.twitter.com/vzMLCsIJNh

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 4, 2015

SoftBank just announced they have bought an additional 22% of Supercell, now holding 73% http://t.co/jhZo8drjHu pic.twitter.com/bCzyNsdxn9

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 1, 2015

DoCoMo announces they will end BlackBerry dedicated services from later this year: http://t.co/qt1k3oQOkM [Jpn] pic.twitter.com/liwGHhs1Vv

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 30, 2015

SoftBank new products launch press conf. now streaming here with English voice-over, 100mins http://t.co/iWHjlbPjr5 pic.twitter.com/YhYiU4daWE

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 19, 2015

KDDI announces their Summer 2015 handset lineup, w/some exclusive designs, details here [Jpn] http://t.co/EvhM9Ak6sv pic.twitter.com/d6vTsXfSs5

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 14, 2015

DoCoMo 2015 summer handset/service lineup, includes Sony Z4, http://t.co/THKiBhM3eS webcast: http://t.co/i6DexLrVOn pic.twitter.com/99fYTMiQ23

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 13, 2015

DeNA fiscal results FYE 2014 with approx. $1.1Bn in revenues and $200M in profit, details: http://t.co/tXOxjkdcRJ pic.twitter.com/Husrqr5XiX

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 12, 2015

SoftBank posted results FYE 2014 today, along with nod to Nikesh Arora as future successor http://t.co/GWAf2eU0Fj pic.twitter.com/vSsQ0GPWGz

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 11, 2015

The Game Show for Indie Developers @TokyoIndieFest in Akiba this wknd, details here: http://t.co/XIBps3HdWS Ok-Go! pic.twitter.com/C1lo6zTZWp

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 6, 2015

New colab project announced between Apple, IBM and Japan Post http://t.co/qYHvr58FTN for senior healthcare services pic.twitter.com/qfFbbFWniQ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 1, 2015

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Congrats to crew @TokyoOtakuMode Yes = There's an App for that now! http://t.co/Pri8YRsDIL check-out the TOM Shop pic.twitter.com/PoX7up0wXP

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 28, 2015

Bandai Namco updates their Tamagotchi Classic app for Apple Watch http://t.co/IcsZkEbv9X selling like hotcakes 99¢ pic.twitter.com/2FNWTkNix1

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 28, 2015

Multiple sources reporting, based on FCC file http://t.co/DgbOdRZwtk Fujitsu will ship Android feature-phone to US pic.twitter.com/xgvambxIja

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 26, 2015

Rakuten is calling devs to register for new App Market, with 25% rev. share, details [Jpn] http://t.co/4KjiNufWpM pic.twitter.com/wFi2uDPpSa

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 20, 2015

Join @MoMo_Tokyo at this Open Chambers Networking Event on April 23rd http://t.co/ZNZm0dtnmf Will.Be.Fun! pic.twitter.com/R8jVpP35Up

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 17, 2015

Here's two great smiles for you, considering the date today, from Japan: Audi http://t.co/qgk3xH8R2w and VW http://t.co/AAqGsQz05U

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 1, 2015

Look forward to @TechKidsCAMP March 29th, elementary students pitching drones & bots.. Oh My! http://t.co/sE4mBho008 pic.twitter.com/sAyGM61a1y

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 20, 2015

Smile.. it's Spring = Sakura Hanami March 31st! SMILE お花見シーズン! 3月31日のお花見について http://t.co/0i2htfaswg Cya Soon! pic.twitter.com/F7PMIB57jJ

— Mobile Monday Tokyo (@MoMo_Tokyo) March 17, 2015

Just noted; Uber was ordered by the Japan Ministry to halt it's ride-sharing 'business test' project in Fukuoka http://t.co/djJzZlhy5l

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 10, 2015

Promo for Iris scan authentication demo at #MWC15 by @Fujitsu_Global easy to imagine this beyond smartphones: http://t.co/jGdgLAv8eW

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 8, 2015

Great op-ed by Ishii-san on startup action in Japan http://t.co/1kaRi3EYpp as we noted in 2013 http://t.co/x4GJFiQXA9 cc'd @shinkeiren

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 6, 2015

SoftBank sales campaign to buy their Pepper Robot, now taking applications, $1,600 for a new family member: http://t.co/TWSU2fltGc

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 27, 2015

Always Fun.. Tokyo Girls Collection at Yoyogi stadium http://t.co/VF6ap3eLqo see it onstage - buy it on your phone! pic.twitter.com/67MYcewGcJ

— Lars Cosh-Ishii (@video_link) February 27, 2015

Now even Pepper has an Apple Watch http://t.co/uSqB8ZGbqp You Just Gotta Love the Geeks @RobotStart [Jpn] pic.twitter.com/fJIN88g0mG

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 28, 2015

For those who may have missed, here's @SlushAsia event video archive.. http://t.co/5HiPs2qjzg like 9hrs of content to watch.. !_!

— Lars Cosh-Ishii (@video_link) April 28, 2015

Japan Sumo Assoc and DWANGO to release "sumo" smartphone app for Apple Watch April 24 [Jpn] http://t.co/cmOZ7metpi pic.twitter.com/GWv9LjyIBR

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 21, 2015

Sony just announced Xperia Z4 handset, Impressive specs, goes on-sale this summer [Jpn] http://t.co/vzYq7t9lHX pic.twitter.com/VQP2Um4Sz3

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 20, 2015

See @BusinessInsider article: Apple Pay Disappoints http://t.co/P9yzo3tEif Our Eds post, last p'graph 06.2014 http://t.co/LhD1hsPZjF

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 12, 2015

Hehe, this is fun: watch the Awesome iPad Magic show by Uchida Shinya! https://t.co/3075JHwdmA

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 7, 2015

Congrats to crew @Moneytree for featured position on Apple Watch page [Jpn] http://t.co/yKtmoqrYWC pic.twitter.com/mVo3hR6kMZ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 5, 2015

Check these killer LED sneaks, Orphe via DMM.Make in Akiba, now running an Indiegogo raise and rockin SXSW! http://t.co/htTmXkT6b8

— Lars Cosh-Ishii (@video_link) March 13, 2015

Toyota signs record (est.) $835M TOP sponsorship with @Olympics exclusive 'Mobility' category, runs 2017-2024 http://t.co/ljuRWY6B60

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 13, 2015

Take a moment from 2:46 today.. We Will Never Forget #Wasurenai http://t.co/J7AW8uM8uS pic.twitter.com/LVSL0x7xXp

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 11, 2015

KDDI TeleHouse London Docklands North Two, green-tech data center, to open early 2016 [Jpn] http://t.co/HuKjGQlA7C pic.twitter.com/xiQ7EaOAlP

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 9, 2015

DoCoMo releases solar powered base station results http://t.co/k8NjxODAi0 See initial program details here http://t.co/3T498IPKUy

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 6, 2015
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