Bus driver terrorizes passengers with expressway e-mail
A bus driver is in hot water after he terrorized passengers by reading and sending e-mail from his mobile phone while at the wheel of the moving vehicle, his employer admitted Wednesday.
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Teacher knees boy in head over text messaging
A private high school teacher has been issued a reprimand after he kneed a student in the head after he had been sending e-mail during class, Sendai Board of Education officials said.
Lucky climber gets caught on scrub in fall from cliff
A climber luckily escaped death after falling over a 120-meter cliff when he was stopped by scrub just 18 meters below the edge.
Dozing driver delays long-distance bus
A West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) bus arrived at its destination 35 minutes late after the driver took a nap during the journey and forgot to set his alarm clock, it has been learned.
Teacher resigns over upskirt snapshot
An elementary school teacher who used his camera-equipped cell phone to take a snapshot up a girl’s skirt has resigned in disgrace after being suspended for three months, it has been learned.
Japan: The birth of the Wireless Information Society
Almost exactly 30 years ago, Motorola’s Martin Cooper, now regarded as the father of the modern cellphone, unleashed an entire industry when he made some of the first calls with a portable cellular phone in New York city. The rest, of course, is history – a lot of which is being written right here in Asian countries like Japan.