January 19, 2001

Cell-Phone Mania Sweeps Japanese Classrooms

Cell-phone mania, which has swept Japanese campuses, shows no signs of abating.

Students dangle colorful plastic cell phones -- kei-tais -- from their wrists, hang them around their necks, or stow them in pockets or bags. But mostly they use them.

In the distant past -- maybe a year ago -- students were talking to friends on their kei-tais in hallways, cafeterias, public areas, and even classrooms.

Now they are silently engrossed in more-advanced

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