Japanese Cell Phones FAQ Archives

Do Japanese cell phones text message in Kanji?

Thursday, January 27th, 2011 at 3:58 am

Or do they only text in Kana?
Or does it automatically convert it's self if the phone recognizes the word?
And do they have both Hirigana and Katakana?
Do they have full keyboards or just the number pad?

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Japanese Schools: Cell phones in classrooms?

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 at 3:07 pm

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Americain anime watcher here. I've come across a few fairly realistic and modern series that involve students in school with cell phones in their class. One even involved a scene were all the phones go off at once, and the teacher doesn't even care. So, in Japanese schools cell phones are allowed in classrooms? Could someone explain the justification behind this? In America, most schools don't allow phones in the classrooms because a student could text the answers or be distracted in general.

Sorry if it's a strange question...