See Hokusai Remix at Ginza 456 from Oct. 1st, this fun interactive campaign allows folks to join either in person or remote; get your audio track or image into Great Wave of Kanagawa etc classic “Ukiyo-e” goes digtial, details with video here [Jpn] https://t.co/6g7qniDABH pic.twitter.com/NWOO2CGTm0
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 21, 2021
Year: 2021
SoftBank claims Guinness World Record for largest robot cheer-leading squad with 100 Peppers at Hawks game in March. To celebrate they have direct hit contest if home run ball hits one of those humanoids lucky fan wins free rental for 1-year! [Jpn] https://t.co/NgHhs04k8u pic.twitter.com/eVnSWIvuvx
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 17, 2021
The annual CEATEC event runs online only again this year, they just opened English website for free register to access trade-show and conference materials, see interesting 5G speakers line-up for pre-event Featured Session scheduled 09.16th here https://t.co/M4nXjKKmEZ pic.twitter.com/VclQU1keri
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 14, 2021
Re-sharing this solid academic research paper, published late 2018, which details the Gacha business model in Japan: Exploring the game of chance elements in free to play mobile games.. as/more relevant than ever.. hint: Human Emotion$ https://t.co/IVQvZVNUJ6 pic.twitter.com/KKNbOc3F9V
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 8, 2021
PayPal confirms $2.7Bn acquisition of @PaidyJP the Buy Now and Pay Later platform claims 6M registered users and was rumored to be on path to IPO. Congrats to Canadian ~ Japanese lead team.. huge win for Itochu.. triple crown Unicorn status.. 🙂 https://t.co/iLU9JQQpXc pic.twitter.com/QzxzZJVEhc
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 8, 2021
SoftBank enters strategic partnership and equity share swap with Deutsche Telekom, based on evolution of stock structure from recent Sprint and T-Mobile deal it appears SBG has acquired 4.5% stake in DT along with various benefits as detailed here: https://t.co/Zyjb6e6X8G pic.twitter.com/nCvfWKnSKv
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 7, 2021
Japan has nominated Mr. Seizo Onoe, fabled ‘Father of LTE’, for Director-General position at ITU Standardization Bureau with elections to be held in Sept. 2022. See brief announced, with overview details in English, via Ministry of Foreign Affairs. https://t.co/UExrxJbIgG pic.twitter.com/Gz6epmY24G
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 5, 2021
The KDDI +αProject assigns points to employees volunteer efforts and coverts them into cash donations for worthy most NPOs. They just announced $10M from 2020 activities to support 58 charities with $94M raised since program launch in 2008. [Jpn] https://t.co/BjTtZqbLj9 pic.twitter.com/FZAU6VjdSC
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 3, 2021
NEC identity recognition tech claims another first place award from NIST on their Iris tool, with tested accuracy at 99.6% under IREX10 standard, which is now part of the Bio-IDiom suite that enables confirmation in motion. [Jpn] https://t.co/iXtQYyxSqQ pic.twitter.com/fEnsM9JYuk
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 2, 2021
NTT announces private 5G Network-as-a-Service platform. The flexible architecture tool suite can be configured via cloud, on-premises, or at the edge and integrated with various partners, enabling clients secure, scalable segment network design. https://t.co/vPZd0eeoqk pic.twitter.com/AfwVmeMnRT
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 15, 2021