Phone Booths still exist in Japan and are used to make pay phone calls.
Currently, pay phones are considered a ‘universal service‘ in Japan; a term meaning something that is easily available at an affordable price for all citizens. According to current regulations, city areas are required to have a public pay phone installed every 500 square meters, with non-city areas every kilometer. There are presently 110,000 pay phones dotted about Japan, with an extra 40,000 pay phones installed by companies, although according to statistics over the past 20 years their usage has dropped to just two percent of what it used to be.
However, some now also have additional modern features https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/17/national/phone-booths-japan-smartphone-charging-stations/
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