App name: Tokyo Metro

Developer: Presselite
Buy: [iTunes, 115 yen]

Part 1: the Basic App
This is a great navigation app for Tokyoites, with a decent resolution pinchable image of the Tokyo subway network and, unlike most timetable …

[update] The video feed will be available at http://www.qik.com/tamegoeswild
iPhoningJapan.com is delighted to bring you the most epic iPhone challenge yet seen in the world (probably).
Joseph Tame, known for his addiction to his iPhone (a.k.a. ‘my …

In Japan, everyone wants an iPhone. So much so, that the market for small Apple stickers has exploded. Note that only one of them is holding the genuine article. These stickers were kindly provided by …

Softbank today confirmed for iPhoningJapan that the new discounted unlimited iPhone data plan (4,410JPY down from the current 5,985JPY) will be made available to existing iPhone users – from April 1st 2009.
There will be no …

Appliya, a Tokyo-based iPhone application publisher has just released a new app for fans of the hit anime movie Evangelion 1.0: You Are Not Alone. [App website More info] [iTunes, 230yen]
“We’ve taken scenes from the …

KDDI have just announced that emails sent from AU handsets to @i.softbank.jp email addresses will now be automatically formatted so as to be readable by iPhones.
For those of us that don’t use the Softbank mail address (preferring, …

Some of the best apps on the iPhone are the simple ones – and Gengou Free [iTunes] is a perfect example of this.
It only does one thing – converts the non-Japanese calendar year into the …

When Apple announced the introduction of eMoji there was much rejoicing in Japan, as avid users would cease to be confronted by sceptics with the horrendous truth,
“…But it doesn’t have eMoji!”
But, in typical Apple style, …

Softbank have announced that eMoji can now be sent and received to / from Willcom and eMobile handsets, in addition to those branded Softbank / Disney.
Whilst this news doesn’t really mean anything as only 3 …

As reported this evening on Macotakara, the Apple iPhone 1Seg TV Tuner and battery are now available from Softbank outlets here in Japan priced at 9,840 yen (US$109).

As far as the TV function goes, the …