Mobile phone chargers set up in Japan public phone booths

Rentable mobile phone chargers have been installed in a handful of public phone booths in southwestern Japan, the first endeavor of its kind in the country, a telecommunications giant's regional unit said recently.Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., alongside the phone charger sharing service Inforich Inc., is now offering fee-based, portable chargers in eight locations in the city of Fukuoka for an approximately six-month trial period starting Friday.The chargers, installed by the Tokyo-based Inforich, can be returned to a different public phone booth as well as convenience stores t…READ FULL ARTICLE