Obon Holiday Season in Japan
Obon Holiday Season in Japan

Obon Holiday Season in Japan

Obon Holiday Season in Japan

You may have noticed that we’re experiencing a quiet news period here with the summer holiday and war-time-memorial anniversary season in full swing. There are a handful of wireless notes after the log in that we clipped over the last few days and more international (Japan-related) stories coming through again later today. Yoroshiku!

The folks at SoftBank Mobile have little time for vacation as the patch-over from Vodafone K.K. is underway:

+ Softbank aims to make mobile Yahoo big in Japan

+ Softbank to Partner with the Tokai Group – MVNO

+ DoCoMo aims to boost sales of wireless modules

+ ‘No mobiles’ to replace ‘no smoking’ signs on planes

+ Mobile email comes of age

[Better late than never — Eds]