Comments on: Text communication in Japan: POP3 nearing extinction? http://whatjapanthinks.com/2013/05/22/text-communication-in-japan-pop3-nearing-extinction/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Mobile operator’s mail most popular text communication tool in Japan | 世論 What Japan Thinks http://whatjapanthinks.com/2013/05/22/text-communication-in-japan-pop3-nearing-extinction/comment-page-1/#comment-252648 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:33:58 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=5620#comment-252648 […] japan.internet.com reported on a recent survey by goo Research looking at electronic text-based communication, the second time such a survey has been performed; the first survey was also presented on this blog in May. […]

]]> By: Brian http://whatjapanthinks.com/2013/05/22/text-communication-in-japan-pop3-nearing-extinction/comment-page-1/#comment-252025 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:53:49 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=5620#comment-252025 I’m pretty sure all carriers offer free intra-network SMS on most plans. I know that between SoftBank phones SMS is free. Inter-network SMS, on the other hand, wasn’t possible until recently and costs yens.

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