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2019

Wireless Watch Japan debuted in 2001 as a weekly email newsletter, and since then the mobile industry has become essential to daily life worldwide. We were fortunate to be based at ‘ground zero’ in Tokyo and diligent in pursuing this space from the beginning. It’s been an honour and pleasure to serve! Can you imagine what it will be like in another 20 years from now?

Hopefully, we have your attention from past efforts and there is genuine interest for the next cycle, Beyond 2020.

While 5G and IoT (Ai-xR) tech. will continue to be key topics, we see a far larger story emerging from Japan. It’s likely you have heard of Industry 4.0, focused on digital and the enterprise — the Japanese approach goes well beyond, to Society 5.0. As with the mobile era here, we expect the core premise of this initiative will gain traction globally in the coming years. Please take a moment to review our new 5×5.wirelesswatch.jp website. Indeed, The ®evolution Continues. Yoroshiku!

On this final business day of the year, and indeed the decade, our most sincere thanks to everyone and very best wishes for your 2020 and beyond. わざわざ、よろしくお願い申し上げます、 よいお年をお迎えください。 pic.twitter.com/lEOq4718kQ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 28, 2019

Intl. Robotics Exhibition - iREX - on at Tokyo Big Sight Dec. 18/21st. Established in 1974, their most recent event drew 130K visitors, it's one the largest dedicated trade-shows in the world and we look forward to attend. Overview in English here: https://t.co/maetCXWUB2 pic.twitter.com/sSUqLkGLfJ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 13, 2019

Official: "Sir" Inamori-sensei, now Knight of British Empire!https://t.co/gTVRwCgGZm pic.twitter.com/FTp4wERhVj

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 29, 2019

KDDI and Partners just announced world first; 8K camera mounted on Drone beaming live video via 5G network. So, it seems, we're off to the races. [Jpn] https://t.co/l9KHE2GBF0 pic.twitter.com/HW1CIPRqJh

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 13, 2019

Congrats to NFC Forum on the appointment of Mike McCamon as new Executive Director, solid choice considering his history with Bluetooth Special Interest Group and new IoT release candidates in June. https://t.co/XKKe3iXcqa pic.twitter.com/jNI4RJFuwE

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 5, 2019

The Innovation Leaders Summit #ILS2019 soon underway at Toranomon Hills; seriously impressive lineup as always with Startup Pitches, Business Matching and Meetups scheduled, details in English Cya there: https://t.co/8PaVLdtWBU おめでとうございます @dg_director がんばりましょう! pic.twitter.com/wuOCUOI4vx

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 28, 2019

Congrats to the crew at Optimind, winners of the Catapult Grand Prix at recent ICC Summit in Kyoto, on their $10M funding round led by Toyota and KDDI, details here [Jpn] https://t.co/tspfc6UGcL pic.twitter.com/jKztQViWhj

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 24, 2019

Following $4.4Bn in Aug. 2017, "one of the largest single slugs of capital ever in a venture-backed startup", SoftBank confirms added $8Bn funding deal for WeWork taking up to 80% control of the company. PR Here [Pdf] https://t.co/tqCq9DKTUe pic.twitter.com/CHhJYfmWWr

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 23, 2019

ICYMI: Mario Kart Tour released late September, clocking 10M downloads on 1st day, according to SensorTower they managed impressive 86M by end of the month. Plenty of opinions on free to play offer vs. their monthly subscriber model, and related revenues, interesting track ahead. pic.twitter.com/jbosIW31Nq

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 17, 2019

See ANA joined #CEATEC tradeshow for first time to share latest Avatar related projects, building on Xprize Challenge and JAXA partnerships announced in 2018, noting overview with details via here https://t.co/QPz7VUI60a pic.twitter.com/u3tr43bbgk

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 16, 2019

Sony returns to #CEATEC for the first time in 6-years, with tight focus on medical related product, impressive demo built on their Blu-ray laser expertise for advanced live cell image analysis.. ships in 2020 [Jpn] https://t.co/XMDEWP0SHG pic.twitter.com/1sHrR1TmNJ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 16, 2019

DoCoMo and AGC have been working on glass antenna base station design for several years, see announcement confirms world 1st commercial deployment for LTE network with 5G enabled version expected in 2020 [Jpn] https://t.co/ATtO7m3H4Y pic.twitter.com/W6PfJvMX6Q

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 10, 2019

Panasonic Design at Kyoto KADEN Lab unveils Hibiki wireless speaker, set in solid brass container modeled on famous local tea merchant project partner - with cool on/off feature, limited edition of 100 units priced at $3K. Details here [Jpn] https://t.co/bxdyXbqeuO pic.twitter.com/iv0mXgH1o4

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 9, 2019

The R&D Labs at KDDI just released this proof of concept; using blue LED to live stream video from your phone while scuba diving.. YouTubers Rejoice! [Jpn] https://t.co/ZX9XGDEE7l pic.twitter.com/yy1wTPXMkK

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 3, 2019

See A.L.I. Tech. will exhibit their so-called "Speeder" prototype at Tokyo Motor Show in October.. apparently planning to deliver limited edition of this flying motorbike concept by 2H of 2020 [Jpn] https://t.co/NFs89FzkMx pic.twitter.com/ffZu65IJHG

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 14, 2019

DoCoMo's Mobile Society Research Institute just released annual whitepaper with over 90 pages of survey results from 6,926 users nationwide across all telcos. Noted seniors smartphone ownership segment now at 41% for +70's age group [Jpn] https://t.co/g4OnTnGC8I どういたしまして! pic.twitter.com/PLBROFjAeY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 30, 2019

See A.L.I. Tech. will exhibit their so-called "Speeder" prototype at Tokyo Motor Show in October.. apparently planning to deliver limited edition of this flying motorbike concept by 2H of 2020 [Jpn] https://t.co/NFs89FzkMx pic.twitter.com/ffZu65IJHG

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 14, 2019

DoCoMo's Mobile Society Research Institute just released annual whitepaper with over 90 pages of survey results from 6,926 users nationwide across all telcos. Noted seniors smartphone ownership segment now at 41% for +70's age group [Jpn] https://t.co/g4OnTnGC8I どういたしまして! pic.twitter.com/PLBROFjAeY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 30, 2019

As widely announced here last summer, with multiple major public and private players, NEC took the wraps off their Flying Car prototype in Akibo.. https://t.co/SGM2xKpBGT pic.twitter.com/g3Gta9U8X0

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 6, 2019

Cool Japanese mixed reality developer profile for HoloLens.. reminded of the Penguin Navi AR project from 'some' years ago.. https://t.co/uqt5r60GxW pic.twitter.com/KBD2eoLdlZ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 5, 2019

#1YearToGo until @Tokyo2020 :)https://t.co/BFGQhDECuh pic.twitter.com/skCbGNAxqI

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 26, 2019

KDDI will debut it's Data Max plan offering Unlimited GB's from 07.26th. Setting various campaign incentives aside; a single 2-year no discount contract runs $95 USD monthly, including $15 all you can talk voice option, handset fees separate. Details [Jpn] https://t.co/jprhrvCCG1 pic.twitter.com/omSno3O48X

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 23, 2019

See Rakuten OPTIMISM festival and conference event coming up in Yokohama, interesting lineup of speakers, details in English: https://t.co/6REmFXAkhI pic.twitter.com/8kmdERCc8k

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 16, 2019

7-11 Japan reeling from disaster debut of their 7Pay mobile QR platform, the company PR notes simple hack took advantage of at least 900 accounts in first few days with initial losses at least $500K [Jpn] https://t.co/yfVYU0Dfrt pic.twitter.com/Mdh8chEBER

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 6, 2019

SoftBank announced Official Partnership for Wizards Unite, via Niantic Labs ala Pokemon GO style, with all of their 3,300 retail locations in Japan Live Today! Details as released in English here [Pdf] https://t.co/fhpTiZyVx0 pic.twitter.com/eiYkFeHoT7

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 2, 2019

KDDI hosts 5G Summit event this week, interesting topic themes and speakers, maybe try the exhibition area if you missed out on their lottery scheme for sessions access.. panel details here [Jpn] https://t.co/jmN8RDbx7A pic.twitter.com/85CH3vECia

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 24, 2019

SoftBank C&S signed distributor agreement with @PTC Japan for suite of enterprise AR and IoT related tools including: ThingWorx, Vuforia, Creo, Windchill, Integrity and Servigistics. Details here [Jpn] https://t.co/jSRc6gkA0V pic.twitter.com/CCRYTKD6hK

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 3, 2019

The annual Wireless Japan event, co-located with IoT Expo, 5G Tokyo Bay Summit, WTP and Intl. Drone Expo, runs 05.29/31st with 50,000 attendees expected. See conference schedule here [Jpn] https://t.co/EjvOPscWWl pic.twitter.com/VhzfouPRpZ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 27, 2019

Jaxa and Toyota to accelerate their 'space mobility' joint study, initial concept announced spring 2018, for human exploration activities on the lunar surface. Details, in English, via recent PR here: https://t.co/EhySnNkpo8 pic.twitter.com/INoBXd9LCR

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 22, 2019

Huge Congrats to DroneFund crew who secured $50M from solid range of investors to support future efforts. They raised $15M early 2018 and have 22 companies in the portfolio, exciting times ahead for the Chiba Dojo @DroneFund_PR おめでとうございます! [Jpn] https://t.co/OkBxoI0KbR pic.twitter.com/XeKBwQlKZi

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 13, 2019

KDDI will release their full year ending results on Weds May 15th, with webcast scheduled from 17:30 JST, meanwhile see the Q3 materials running through to Jan. 31st are available online in English here: https://t.co/2rrjy2SY8A pic.twitter.com/Yka6L3kQfQ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 13, 2019

SoftBank announces $125M investment in GoogleX Project Loon, under HAPSMobile platform est. 2017, with goal of enabling 'connectivity to more people, places, and things worldwide'. See PR in English with link for materials and press conference video here: https://t.co/Nwb0RAMpfI pic.twitter.com/LvaPW4yIvQ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 25, 2019

Note @Tokyo_Game_Show confirmed Nintendo support for Indie Games Area, free booth space, plus annual Sense of Wonder Night award activities at 2019 event. Details and deadlines to apply in English here: https://t.co/kztbkN5hMm pic.twitter.com/jZsGVM9sqB

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 22, 2019

The folks @CyberAgentInc just confirmed AbemaTV going global based on results of their pilot streaming trials for six countries as announced earlier this year. Details, with free-to-view app links, via here: https://t.co/k6fmnk6rLZ pic.twitter.com/6x1g5Iobss

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 18, 2019

The Nikkei Applied Ai Summit on here next week with impressive list of activities, speakers and supporters planned including Next 90(second) Startup Pitch session with huge group of local players on-stage, see details in English: https://t.co/FpZtHZnnoV pic.twitter.com/d8xrkoFhwC

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 17, 2019

Testing I2V, Invisible-to-Visible, 5G delivers virtual donuts in real-time.. 以上https://t.co/0sJPQvufL8 pic.twitter.com/L4hRcAA3sK

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 16, 2019

JDI shares, trading at -50% range YoY, got bump here this morning based on Nikkei news they are close to conclude $1Bn financing package with INCJ and Taiwan trade group [Jpn] https://t.co/iVp4otNH5Y pic.twitter.com/CvJqyVgdOI

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 4, 2019

Official: The next Imperial Era will be Reiwa 令和 Auspicious Harmony.. 😎 pic.twitter.com/Cbg9tKsU0N

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 1, 2019

SoftBank Human Capital just announced their new career auction bidding platform, ala Hired .com, see kyarioku(dot)jp. Tempted to join - just for fun! [Jpn] https://t.co/qXkvkHsGMY pic.twitter.com/pYI6ZqjbHh

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 26, 2019

Congrats @FlytBase on winning the @NTTDATA_OI Open Innovation Contest, see details announced in English: https://t.co/XoR3jcIFew 残間さん、おつかれさまでした! pic.twitter.com/wYAT6YK8ve

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 19, 2019

KDDI Ventures Demo Day event, on 03.26th at Shibuya Hikarie, will feature pitches from 7-teams in their latest cohort and offers biz-match schedule with 15 Alliance Partner companies [Jpn] https://t.co/mHM7ftI9Th pic.twitter.com/FkxcYYWNmY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 13, 2019

KDDI announces new FinTech effort with CAMPFIRE crowd platform as first project investment via their Open Innovation Fund No. 3 おめでとう! @hbkr [Jpn] https://t.co/mGVxhOcYOb pic.twitter.com/ERwybLkysK

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 7, 2019

Sony just unveiled Xpera1 handset at #MWC19 - srsly killer specs - see full details and videos via dedicated page here.. meet my next phone! https://t.co/cOdolwU7lX pic.twitter.com/1a8oktcs0D

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 25, 2019

Rakuten is gearing up for debut later this year, here's a quick overview on their approach - in English - including video with comments from CTO Tareq Amin, indeed.. will be interesting! https://t.co/O4SJMK1LY2 pic.twitter.com/pYemaeezam

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 22, 2019

Hiroshima Univ. and partners have developed THz transceiver that can send or receive data at 80Gbs over 300-GHz band, details to be presented at ISSCC in SFO this week, see their PR in English here: https://t.co/h9ZZCPJXq7 pic.twitter.com/0XE0hzUHft

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 20, 2019

Kippis @HatchDotLive Goes Live in Japan Today, with DoCoMo Ventures as strategic partner and taking minority stake, Game-On at EVO 2019 eSports event in Fukuoka this weekend.. 8-) See English PR Here: https://t.co/1U8Y76ivss pic.twitter.com/4qAeiDt7Zj

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 13, 2019

SoftBank just posted their Q3 results, with strong YoY growth, live webcast gets underway in about 20mins.. watch in English here: https://t.co/lHzfsLMRSH pic.twitter.com/Xq1Dhx0et5

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 5, 2019

As reported Oct. 4th, 2018; SoftBank and Toyota just announced their new JV establishing Monet Technologies with focus on future of self driving cars [Jpn] https://t.co/aItVJ4ASml pic.twitter.com/8x1eBO1RgM

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 1, 2019

KDDI just posted Q3 results, solid steady growth, they will roll initial 5G services in 2019.. presentation materials in English here [Pdf] https://t.co/Ywpfa1g8o6 pic.twitter.com/AW5duWTR5a

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 31, 2019

SoftBank announces plan to move HQ office to slick new building in Takashiba, with space design by WeWork and according smart services, planned opening spring 2020. Details [Jpn] https://t.co/Qp6MwlnChl pic.twitter.com/oo3eMvHAqP

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 29, 2019

5G.. because.. sometimes.. you'll need to summon the rope robot.. 馬鹿外人https://t.co/YAGZRbgDRw pic.twitter.com/E7xWUglyQT

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 10, 2019

We Really enjoyed the Moonshot International Symposium held here this week, Huge Thanks to folks at JST for efforts to organize. The closing slide by Hamaguchi-sensei during 1st Plenary Session gave us sense of hope for the future, full program video here: https://t.co/4x1l0PhuV6 pic.twitter.com/5SobncIkRd

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 20, 2019

The University of Tokyo and SoftBank establish the Beyond AI Institute to operate under Collaborative Innovation Partnership (CIP) system. Focused on fundamental research, and open to intl. JV partners, this is another stepping stone on path to singularity https://t.co/FhBZO63C7Y pic.twitter.com/JGoLjmdi4H

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) December 6, 2019

SoftBank confirms 50-50 JV merger of Yahoo Japan with LINE, recently acquired ZoZo completes Z Holdings trifecta, on deal worth est. $27Bn. Imagine all the 'useful data' generated via +100M users of these combined groups! [.Pdf] https://t.co/v9qecZZa6v pic.twitter.com/cy8bCFWhw1

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 18, 2019

SoftBank Group released Q2 FY2019 earnings, took a hit on WeWork, Son made strong defense with shareholder value increase plus well above industry IRR facts. Essentially stock price and future plan remains on track, see video and materials in English here: https://t.co/cVqArStuGt pic.twitter.com/vgOwSRbQmZ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) November 7, 2019

As originally introduced at CES in Jan. 2017, Toyota unveiled their next-gen. design announcing the LQ branded model with YUI interface at Tokyo Motor Show this week, see PR message from Dr. Pratt here: https://t.co/w6OrA70Zn6 pic.twitter.com/U9hhzHn8ZP

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 27, 2019

Watch the Toyota presentation at Tokyo Motor Show today, complete with magic e-broom just in time for Halloween, suggest use closed caption function to auto translate sub titles into English https://t.co/Jh2k09P8xb pic.twitter.com/xBSsdEt7ps

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 23, 2019

Hitachi announced strategic alliance with Disney during recent NEXT2019 show in Vegas. The Lumada platform will collect real-time IoT data and run analytics with digital twins for virtual model solutions to optimize the magical kingdom.. PR in English here https://t.co/FWjCJXb4ll pic.twitter.com/v0hvHL1vf8

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 23, 2019

Congrats to Murata on their all-solid-state battery winning #CEATEC 2019 METI Award, powering the next-gen. of wearable and IoT devices, sweet icing on the companies 75th anniversary cake! [Jpn] https://t.co/NVuWBHSo68 pic.twitter.com/omcA45xF5b

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 16, 2019

Interesting XR project, dubbed Shibuya Music Scramble, offers dynamic "Audio Scape" function based on location, time etc. input parameters.. Mood+Ai=Groove! The demo trials running this weekend, see overview details here [Jpn] https://t.co/YqmOztrasp pic.twitter.com/gToRNWRWmx

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 16, 2019

Toyota unveiled Tokyo 2020 Games automated vehicles, the e-Palette project was announced at CES in Jan. 2018, touting low speed SAE level 4 running circuits through Olympic athletes village. Details in English here: https://t.co/JdCLcYpU8j pic.twitter.com/xS3XIO8heW

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 12, 2019

Congrats to this trio on well-earned recognition; 2019 #NoblePrize in Chemistry for the development of Lithium-ion battery technology. Yoshino-sensei (et al) Many Thanks for your fine efforts, see announcement ceremony via Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences https://t.co/GzXsBm06yK pic.twitter.com/KM89tcVGvV

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 10, 2019

The 20th annual CEATEC conference and trade show event runs Oct. 10/18th, often called the Japanese version of CES it typically draws +150,000 attendees. See 180 sessions on the program this year, agenda topics and speaker details here: https://t.co/AG74iN0rGH pic.twitter.com/u5ytsu6Bzs

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) October 7, 2019

DoCoMo held their 5G Pre-Service launch event, noting several handsets and related demo activities, along with debut of the O-RAN network partnering with Fujitsu, NEC and Nokia. Overview details here [Jpn] https://t.co/6ugpDpW0Jb pic.twitter.com/pMd5B1QwUR

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 23, 2019

The annual @Tokyo_Game_Show event runs 9/12-15th, with record 655 exhibitors across 2,417 booths, slim info. in English on their site this year? Here's 60-page overview w/details in Japanese, machine translated: https://t.co/KDydZ8k3vf pic.twitter.com/5AoGERGR7Q

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 9, 2019

Social Innovation Week Shibuya coming up.. see their 5G AR promo, supported by KDDI and DG Labs, reminded of Seikai Camera circa 2010! [Jpn] @iguchi わぁ.. 10年になります.. 未来に生きることがどんなに楽しいことか.. =^_^=https://t.co/rXLPMNwfQx pic.twitter.com/fUt9tjbk30

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 28, 2019

The annual @Tokyo_Game_Show event runs 9/12-15th, with record 655 exhibitors across 2,417 booths, slim info. in English on their site this year? Here's 60-page overview w/details in Japanese, machine translated: https://t.co/KDydZ8k3vf pic.twitter.com/5AoGERGR7Q

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 9, 2019

Social Innovation Week Shibuya coming up.. see their 5G AR promo, supported by KDDI and DG Labs, reminded of Seikai Camera circa 2010! [Jpn] @iguchi わぁ.. 10年になります.. 未来に生きることがどんなに楽しいことか.. =^_^=https://t.co/rXLPMNwfQx pic.twitter.com/fUt9tjbk30

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 28, 2019

Noted TechCrunch bi-annual mention of SmartNews, who just announced $28M Series-E round to join the so-called Unicorn club. Hearty Congrats to all on that talented crew in Harajuku.. :)https://t.co/UJPwhZbYQl pic.twitter.com/GUkYfxugaY

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 6, 2019

The Maker Faire 2019 conference and tradeshow runs Aug. 3-4th at Tokyo Big Sight, expect will be interesting and fun for all as always, see the full program and exhibitor details here [Jpn] https://t.co/8ROtuzKlHK pic.twitter.com/LbPr4Fwo0f

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 30, 2019

As rumored for several years, and noted 'near future' in May (via link below), SoftBank Group announced Vision Fund 2 to be established, at about the same $100Bn scale and SBG to invest 38%, with list of partners who have signed MOU to participate. https://t.co/VAAoSMQRHC pic.twitter.com/Ud7olkldnb

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 26, 2019

The 21st annual Computer Entertainment Developers Conference runs Sept. 4/6th at the Pacifico in Yokohama: note 100+ Session tracks scheduled, list of companies exhibiting, Awards ceremony and Mixer event details via here [Jpn] https://t.co/8FzutWiCxX pic.twitter.com/8CwpC2hDkw

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 22, 2019

Congrats to NTT on grand open of new Global Research Center, focused on Quantum, Cryptography and Informatics, in Palo Alto. Considering their R&D division already claims some 6,000 researchers and over $3Bn annual budget.. this effort will be interesting. https://t.co/5BvxM26nCd pic.twitter.com/A8bdB5A1Bt

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 9, 2019

The annual SoftBank World event runs July 18/19th gathering SBG partners for presentations and panels with exhibit space, details [Jpn] https://t.co/paVgUwhmAR pic.twitter.com/lA2eKmGxmf

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 5, 2019

The Japanese National Govt approved embedding 5G network base stations on traffic signal lights with an estimate of +200,000 locations enabled by the end of fiscal 2025. Yes.. selected that image on purpose.. :) pic.twitter.com/cbcGWYxAVb

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 25, 2019

The Sony Xperia 1 flagship model rolls-out here this week, from all three telcos, touting world first 4K EL display and 21:9 cinema wide ratio with impressive camera array. See the full specs in English here: https://t.co/cOdolwU7lX pic.twitter.com/zED9VhQ6t3

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 12, 2019

SoftBank and partners to begin offering Real Time satellite positioning system with centimeter level accuracy to corporate clients in Japan from Nov. 2019 with initial trials scheduled in July [Eng-Pdf] https://t.co/JSfuvCeyjK pic.twitter.com/AGXKsBtDOy

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 3, 2019

Celebrating 10-Years: Android Bazaar and Conference [ABC] running this weekend, welcome to the new era, speakers & booths details here [Jpn] https://t.co/8NYJLNWUlq おめでとうございます!@Shimay pic.twitter.com/0yncnn7CVx

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 24, 2019

Sony and Microsoft set aside their consoles and signed MOU to collaborate on Ai, Cloud and Sensors related tech for future gaming and streaming entertainment products. Details as announced in English here https://t.co/826D9hV6eX pic.twitter.com/5lJu4gb8jf

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 17, 2019

Toyota and Panasonic announced 50-50 JV, combining their extensive real estate and connected technology assets, focused on further developing future smart city initiatives with CASE, IoT and MaaS systems. See full details as released in English here [.Pdf] https://t.co/z4ZyjTSyng pic.twitter.com/KaAytvfCTL

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 13, 2019

DoCoMo has agreed to form a capital and business alliance with Magic Leap pledging $280M investment to assist on the development and promotion of MR in Japan, announced in English here: https://t.co/dAKbfkclLV pic.twitter.com/LsZPxzAROb

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 29, 2019

As we noted here Feb. 20th 2018, Sony has officially rolled their S.Ride hailing platform with 5 major taxi companies in Tokyo claiming 10K cabs standing by.. dedicated website [Jpn] https://t.co/aGGLv2X0Od pic.twitter.com/pChTV45Ftc

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 23, 2019

Toyota, DENSO and the SoftBank Vision Fund to Invest $1 Billion in Uber ATG, Advanced Technologies Group. See terms, timelines and comments at signing ceremony in English via announcement here: https://t.co/fMyIbCnSKc pic.twitter.com/CUae8wy6Uf

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 19, 2019

Thought we'd note buried deep within this DoCoMo press release showing how new rate plans save 40%, unless you count Voice and Terminal subsidies, the fine print states end of i-mode.. new era indeed [Jpn] https://t.co/8Z1eygOTuR pic.twitter.com/I0FCE2j6W0

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 17, 2019

SoftBank Robotics just announced new improved Pepper for Home, with RoboApp offering games and language lessons, unit cost with subscription fee runs about $800 month on 3-Yr contract. Details [Jpn] https://t.co/frprzK1y1A pic.twitter.com/kMFIflp2V3

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 16, 2019

DoCoMo has consolidated their J-Speak translation offers; now in 12 languages with multiple input methods and free to use for anyone in Japan, announcement with app store download links here [Jpn] https://t.co/AbOUH90zfT pic.twitter.com/6zJdWb5LlQ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 5, 2019

Content Tokyo 2019 is on at Big Sight, with Ai-Expo and VR/AR/MR World events running concurrently, see trade-show exhibitor and conference session details in English via here: https://t.co/RPR9tWqjG2 pic.twitter.com/TQzFMHNNZq

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 4, 2019

The legendary Kazuo Hirai will retire as Chairman at Sony, leaving the company set to report all-time record fiscal earning results and in safe hands, after 35-years -- おつかれさまでした -- 感度 https://t.co/QcosIFC5eH pic.twitter.com/PeX2Y5mDdx

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 30, 2019

DoCoMo creates new "5G IoT Solution Promotion Office" targets $1.2Bn annual revenue from specialized services developed with and for corporate enterprise clients by their "Top Gun" division [Jpn] https://t.co/OpQMmIDgtB pic.twitter.com/uPL2XArOMk

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 13, 2019

Latest MMD survey, with 43,889 responds, reporting major player market shares; note MVNO space claims 12% of estimated 170M total contracts nationwide with Rakuten well ahead of the pack [Jpn] https://t.co/tJFMXWGv9K pic.twitter.com/lSLnAR6reI

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) March 13, 2019

Dentsu released Japan ad market estimates for 2018 approx $60Bn with slight YoY gain led by digital segment +16% English PR : https://t.co/KOVOGeRp93 pic.twitter.com/gcfyJAgMIa

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 28, 2019

HUGE Congrats to all @JAXA_JP on #Hayabusa2 mission success today = confirmed touchdown at Ryugu asteroid for sample collection set for return to earth in 2020.. #はやぶさ2 おめでとうございます! https://t.co/3XUckL7GDX pic.twitter.com/dcwdgWyDHN

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 22, 2019

TGIF in Tokyo: for those en-route to #MWC19 see DoCoMo and partners booth will feature 5G Cyber Jam Session, and related next-gen. tech wonders, have fun.. Una Copa, Por Fa.. :) https://t.co/ePNVlWDdKi pic.twitter.com/Ck5ZRCfoDZ

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 22, 2019

Ai Lab @CyberAgentInc ran Poc Speed Dating event on Feb. 9th, with RoBoHon playing role of chaperone, all happy endings and just in time for Valentines Day! See project details here [Jpn] https://t.co/VPpcrAeCm9 pic.twitter.com/9J6uYvMvwA

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 13, 2019

Heads-up.. [Hah] the Japan Drone 2019 event runs 03.13/15 at Makuhari Messe, expecting plenty of great action on the show floor, see exhibitor etc. details and registration to attend info via here [Jpn] https://t.co/tSaRv07NFu pic.twitter.com/VgA4bVJaRN

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 9, 2019

DoCoMo has acquired 95% stake in NTT Plala, claims +3M HikariTV subscribers, for build towards future 5G content and services [Jpn] https://t.co/mHN2eei2ZU pic.twitter.com/uN7Bby0iad

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 1, 2019

Friday Fun: Samurai time-shifts from Edo era to modern Japan as content hook for the Sumitomo Mitsui Innovation Index Fund [Jpn] https://t.co/zrd09PDkPP pic.twitter.com/X1BdEW9ppH

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) February 1, 2019

KDDI ∞ Labo Virtual Pitch event, hosting up to 5,000 VR attendees, for 5 startup companies competing on theme of "challenging the world with technology". Full details here [Jpn] https://t.co/wpLFzfkrnO pic.twitter.com/7CTyaaee9W

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 29, 2019

DoCoMo and Dentsu setup new $50M JV called Live Board targeting next-gen. DOOH ad space, which clearly intends to utilize mobile users data for targeting. Report from press conference here [Jpn] https://t.co/NLQ6eeHyy3 pic.twitter.com/25ZRLcVAYr

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 29, 2019

Our Best Wishes for your 2019.. it will be.. interesting. More Soon.. 🍺 pic.twitter.com/2wrnvYyxnV

— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) January 7, 2019


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