significant market power (SMP) regulations on the incumbent fixed telecom giant, NTT East/West. Japan's regulator, the Ministry of … NTT East/West. Since mobile network operators are less disciplined in Japan's telecom framework than fixed ones are, the …

This paper conceptualizes "Gacha", a lottery mechanism to win virtual items, which was developed in Japan, as game of …, referring to previous studies, this paper also analyzes the difference of mobile game regulation between the West and Japan …. Japan has a longer history and more experience in both monetization of mobile games with gambling like elements (Gacha) and …

that the high 3G diffusion rates in Japan and Korea are not driven by state-of-the-art technology or high consumer … preference, but by the absence of the GSM standard. Finally, to assess teh effect of technology choice on welfare in Japan, we … conduct a counterfactual analysis an demonstrate thar if the GSM technology was introduced in Japan, it would increase …