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Tag Archives: cell phone
Living in Japan Part 2: Getting Your Residency Started
As I wrote previously, this series of articles will detail some of the standard processes of getting your life started in Japan on a more permanent basis (for example, staying for a year or two) in a place of your … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, culture, graduate school, housing, living abroad, main posts, study abroad, undergraduate, useful links
Tagged apartment hunting, apartments, bank account, cell phone, hanko, living in Japan, national health insurance, real estate, real estate agent, registration, resident, resident registration, seal, STEP, zairyu card
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Getting a Prepaid SoftBank Phone – even without resident card!
I’d had the impression, from various blogs and such mostly I suppose, that it was basically impossible to get a keitai (mobile phone / cellphone) in Japan – contract, or even prepaid – without a resident alien card (or permanent … Continue reading
Posted in graduate school, living abroad, useful links
Tagged cell phone, Japan, keitai, living abroad, mobiles, phones, SoftBank, study abroad
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Fun Link Friday: 20 Years of Docomo Cell Phone Design
NTT Docomo, one of Japan’s big-three cell-phone providers, recently showcased all the models of its cell phones dating back to 1987 at Tokyo Design Week 2012. DesignBoom’s coverage of the event, “Evolution of the Mobile Phone by Docomo,” includes photos of … Continue reading
Posted in culture, fun links
Tagged cell phone, Design, fun link friday, Japanese, NTT Docomo, techonology, telephone, Tokyo Design Week
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