JAPAN-TECHNOLOGY-TELECOM-MOBILE-FILES

FILES This file picture taken on June 16 2004 shows an employee for Coca Cola Japan demonstrating how to buy a soft drink from a vending machine with a mobile phone equipped with Sonys NFC technology FeliCa in Tokyo Felica NFC with mobile phones for the mobile wallet were launched in Japan in 2004 while Apple unveiled the new iPhone 6 on September 9 2014 with the NFC chip to start the mobile wallet service AFP PHOTO FILES Yoshikazu TSUNO