"Paul Blay" <blay.paul@gu-gurume-ru.com.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Sigi Rindler wrote:
>> I wonder whether it is as difficult in the USA or in Europe to get a 
>> phone
>> for short time use.
>
> Don't know the details but apparently it is now harder to get pre-paid
> phones in the UK because they were used a lot for criminal purposes.
>
In the US you can pick up a pre paid phone for about fifteen dollars and 
activate it with a credit card in about ten minutes, (that includes about 
fourty minutes of talk time) after you are done with it just toss it.

Why is every thing so freaking complicated in Japan?