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Colopl Releases Collectable “Local Hello Kitty” Location Game

Colopl [J], which also runs the location information service platform “Colopula,” has released the new game “Go Tochi Kitty Collection” (Local Kitty Collection).

In this game, a location game offered by Imagineer [J] and licensed by Sanrio [J] as well as ASunARosyA [J], while traveling all over Japan with Hello Kitty, you collect various place’s “Local Kitty” and coordinate them with your own room.  In the actual registered locations, and by traveling in a balloon with Hello Kitty within the game, you can get a hold of your destination’s Local Kitty photo and stuffed animals.  Also you can coordinate your room with collected stuffed animals and items purchased from the shop within the game, and furthermore you can enjoy the many kinds of Hello Kitties fitted with local clothing by putting special stuffed animals you obtained from advancing in the game.

Finally, by way of obtaining location information from places you actually visited with shops participating in the nation-wide “Local Kitty Collection,”  the game also includes the feature of real cooperating shops where you can get special items.

Translation licensed by VSMedia

Mobile Subscribers In Japan: The Latest Numbers

The Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA) of Japan has released a set of statistics on Japan’s mobile market today, showing that the country had 122.44 million cell phone subscribers last month (out of a total population of 128 million). According to the organization, Japan’s carriers added 569,200 new customers between July and August.

Breaking down the number to individual carriers, the TCA said that:

  • Softbank Mobile gained 239,000 new subscribers on a net basis in August, bringing the total to 26.62 million
  • NTT Docomo came in second with 182,100 subscribers gained (total: 58.79 million)
  • Emobile gained 75,000 new customers (total: 3.42 million)
  • KDDI au attracted 73,000 subscribers (total: 33.53 million)
  • Willcom gained 55,100 subscribers (total: 4.1 million)

According to Wikipedia (which uses slightly outdated numbers for some countries), these statistics make Japan the seventh largest mobile market in the world.