Fujita-san, President of D2C, posts op-ed outlook on Mobile marketing in Japan for 2010 – http://bit.ly/7bKcJ9

Contextual advertising delivery service iMobile claims 3.6 Billion impressions for the month of December 2009, a major increase over November.

NEC Biglobe announces several Android web tablet style devices for Japan release coming in early 2010.

Sharp continues to lead the way, while Fujistsu gained market share here in Q3 bumping Panasonic and Kyocera moved into top 5.

As the common platform NFC alternative to Suica, the folks at Pasmo have announced a mobile version with planned contents and services.

Considering the potential disurption and increasing value of this space, companies with vested interest are joining to talk standards.