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From golf swings to toilet flushing: the mobile phone delivers

By Lindsay Whipp in Tokyo

Published: December 9 2009 16:44 | Last updated: December 9 2009 16:44

There must be few places in the world where mobile phone usage has become so integral a part of everyday life as in Japan.

Japanese use mobile phones for so much more than speaking and e-mailing – which replaces SMS in Japan – and it sets them apart from other markets across the globe.

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