When you purchase Shinkansen eTickets in Suica App, you’ll see a small notice at the bottom of the menu screen: Mobile Suica Shinkansen eTicket Service ends March 2020. Does this […]
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Yes, iPhone Carrier Subsidies in Japan are Officially Dead: New Docomo Data Plans
The writing has been on the wall for over a year now, and sluggish iPhone XR sales only confirmed the fact, that iPhone carrier subsidies in Japan which have defined […]
Apple
Tim Cook’s Apple Legacy
I have a theory that when a major biography of a major business person appears when said person is still working their career, it signals that their career is over, […]
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Apple Maps Expands Japan Image Collection Effort
After a small start in 2018 limited to parts of Tokyo and Chiba, Apple has greatly expanded their map data image collection efforts in Japan. It’s a much more ramped […]
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Region Setting and Apple Pay
The iOS Region Setting and Apple Pay are linked together in interesting ways that has changed with iOS versions. Up through iOS 10, devices needed to have the region match […]
Apple - Japanese Typography
iWork Pages Celebrates International Haiku Day with Vertical Writing
Today is International Haiku Day and Apple Education is celebrating it in Japan with the new version of iWork Pages that finally supports vertical text layout. In honor of International […]