When You Need It Now.

Publication: Newsweek

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Byline: N'Gai Croal

For people who worship at the altar of cutting-edge gadgetry, Tokyo's Akihabara district, with its dozens of electronics stores, is the holy land. Problem is, U.S. buyers usually have to wait six months or more before the coolest gadgets make their way to these shores, if...

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