Phones in Japan?

Question

I was watching the movie The Grudge 3. There is a scene where a girl is using a pay phone. It is different from pay phones in the USA and the one's I have seen in the movies for England. Does these phones in Japan do different things, along with making calls?

Answer 1

There are grey public pay phones that have phone jacks for data use. You still have to pay for dial up time, but if you use a calling card, your initial 10 yen will be refunded. Sometimes the phone booths have small platforms to place your laptop. But in general the phones do the same thing, they make phone calls.

Answer 2

Yes, some of phone only use for local, to make a international call might have different looks

Answer 3

There is a grudge 3 now? only the japanese version huh?

Answer 4

No, they just look different.

Answer 5

Pay phone in Japan varies. So the way of making calls do.

Pay phones from Japaense wikipedia
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:Japphonebooth.jpg
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:%E5%85%AC%E8%A1%86%E9%9B%BB%E8%A9%B1DMC-8A-01.jpg
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:%E5%85%AC%E8%A1%86%E9%9B%BB%E8%A9%B1ICT-2AO-01.jpg
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:MC-1PN_%E5%85%AC%E8%A1%86%E9%9B%BB%E8%A9%B1.jpg
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:MC-5APNK.JPG
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:%E5%85%AC%E8%A1%86%E9%9B%BB%E8%A9%B1DMC-2C-I-01.jpg

Today people have their own cells. It's little hard to find the pay phones in the street.
You can call with both phone cards and coins.

Answer 6

yes and no

Answer 7

not really