Will the new iPhone 6 be able to compete with mobile payments in Japan?

Picture: Japanese customer in kimono 

"Mobile payments have been around in Japan for more than a decade. The country is often considered to be the birthplace of mobile commerce, largely due to the high adoption of smartphones and other mobile devices among Japanese consumers....Many mobile devices in Japan are equipped with an NFC chip called Felica. This chip was first introduced to the market in 2004 and now has a home in nearly every mobile device sold in the country. The iPhone had been one of the very few devices sold in Japan that did not have a Felica chip installed in it. "

Source: APPLE MAY FALL BEHIND IN JAPANESE MOBILE PAYMENTS

Stephen

September 16, 2014

http://www.mobilecommercepress.com/

http://www.mobilecommercepress.com/apple-may-fall-behind-japanese-mobile-payments/8513916/

Australian businesses must get serious about North Asia opportunities according to Catherine Livingstone, Business Council of AUstralia

Picture: Japanese Green tea with Manju

(Australian) "Business needs to devise implementation strategies to maximize the opportunities that will arise from getting preferential access to North Asian markets and managing costs and increasing productivity in order to be genuinely attractive to our regional customers" 

Catherine Livingstone, President Australian Business Council of Australia

Source: Asia in no doubt Australia means business

By Catherine Livingstone

The Australian Newspaper

Monday 28th APril 2014, page 12

Read full article here

http://www.bca.com.au/newsroom/north-asia-trade-opportunities-article-by-catherine-livingstone-in-the-australian

Whats new this summer in Japan? Japanese television commercials (Japanese)

Title: Summer Television commericals 

- Japan (Japanese)

Source: 

Japanese TV Commercials [ 2014 weeks 29 & 30 ]

JPCMHD You Tube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpu_bvUToMg&index=1&list=PLBCA0F10FE6785BE6

"Japanese.. wabi-sabi values character and uniqueness over a shiny facade" Rework Jason Fried

"the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi..values character & uniqueness over a shiny facade. it teaches that cracks and scratches in things should be embraced.It's also about simplicity. You strip things down and then use what you have"

Source: Rework - Change the way you work forever

By Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson

Page 182

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