[Sangetsu]

True enough, I have a "keitai saifu" as well, it works were Suica and Pasmo cards work. You just hold your phone next to the sensor instead of the card.

Hmm, something electronic/tangible that Japanese people could use in their everyday lives? It's hard to imagine anything new. My cell phone plays music, records pictures, video and audio, I can use it to pay for items in stores or pay for train/bus/subway fare. It also has live television, and GPS with Navitime. Many times the features of the Iphone (but cost twice as much).

I'm at my gf's million dollar apartment, and it's got every feature you can imagine. Room-to-room communication, fiber optic internet, wireless remotes for all the lighting, an electronic/gas heated bathtub which can be set to fill at any time (a hot bath already waiting for you when you get home), heated floors, and several more things about which I'm not sure yet. The garage is automated, pull your car onto the rack, and it's carried into the storage bay under the building (I'm wondering what would happen if there were a power outage and I needed my car...).

The best thing I could think of to make life better for the Japanese would be to reduce the number of hours one has to spend at work and school each week, or find a way to make Japanese enjoy sex more. They have less sex than any other nationality. What fun is that?