NTT Docomo Inc. said Monday it will cut its mobile phone charges by up to 40 percent from June amid the government's call on telecom carriers to lower service fees.

Imagine this. While listening to your favorite song, you search the web for the lyrics, copy a few lines, and post them to your social media accounts.

f you signed up to stream live TV in hopes of saving money over traditional cable, you may be in for a rude surprise.

Japan's telecom ministry allocated Wednesday mobile phone frequency bands for super-fast 5G services to three major mobile carriers and e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc., ahead of an expected full-scale launch in 2020.

Chen Jiuxiao puts on virtual-reality goggles and is immediately transported to a snow-covered ski slope, down which she slaloms without ever leaving Shanghai.

Messaging app Snapchat, which is widely popular among younger users but has struggled to turn a profit since its creation in 2011, on Thursday unveiled new features including an integrated gaming platform, an expansion of its original series and new partnerships with developers.

When Japan Display Inc broke ground on a new factory in central Japan in 2015, the future looked bright for one of the world's top vendors of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.

DyDo Drinco Inc has started a verification test of the Rental Charger free service that provides electricity from vending machines for charging smartphones and tablet computers.

The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday approved a proposed legal revision to lower fees for mobile phone services amid criticism that Japanese carriers charge too much compared to other countries.

A wearable "third arm" for construction workers is among the latest innovations under development in Panasonic Corp's burgeoning collaboration with academia as it seeks to make robots an increasing part of people's lives in aging Japan.

Flexible and folding formats framed the future of smartphones this week as manufacturers focused on new forms in an effort to jolt the market out of uniformity and re-invigorate sales.

Huawei Technologies unveiled a $2,600 folding smartphone on Sunday which it said was primed for next generation 5G mobile connections, even as the United States campaigns to bar the Chinese company from such networks over security concerns.