Japan’s mobile phone marvels go back to the future (AFP)

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An employee of Japanese mobile communication giant NTT DoCoMo demonstrates how to buy a softdrink from a vending machine with a mobile phone at the company's headquarters in Tokyo. NTT DoCoMo's phones since 2007 feature a cashless payment system, which allows users to buy lunch at a hamburger chain, simply by swiping their phone over an electronic pad.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP – In the Japan of 2020 a stressed-out salaryman may unwind from his hectic futuristic lifestyle by time-travelling back a few centuries and taking a virtual stroll through medieval Tokyo.

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