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Konnichiha! It's Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches bloggers watch Nokia pull out of the Japanese cell phone market. Not to mention the vegetable of mass destruction...

Hajimemashite! IT Blogwatch noh. Richi Jennings desu. Dozo yoroshiku. Looks like Steve Jobs is trying to get the iPhone into Japan: possibly the world's most difficult mobile phone market for foreigners to enter. Not to mention 30 years of LucasFilm Christmas cards...

In today's podcast: Computer problem strands Japanese air passengers; Berners-Lee to establish Web foundation; and anti-spoofing measures raise privacy concerns.

In today's podcast: Pakistani ISP's error takes down YouTube; Microsoft stops making HD DVD drives for Xbox 360; and Japan launches Internet satellite.

In today's podcast: Japan mulls adding iPod tax to offset piracy; Best Buy takes 50 percent stake in Carphone Warehouse; and Microsoft ponders using Windows Mobile to expand IT access.

In today's podcast: iPhone 3G sales start in Japan; Australian PC maker leaks Intel's quad-core laptop chip; and Rambus sues Nvidia over memory technology.

In today's podcast: Intel complains EU antitrust investigation is discriminatory; bloggers help get out information about Mumbai attacks; and Nokia says sayonara to Japan.

In today's podcast: Code to hack RFID access cards published as open source project; Yahoo adds social networking features; and share prices crash in Japan.

In today's podcast: Nugache worm creator makes plea bargain; Microsoft makes new OOXML interoperability effort; Microsoft offers cheaper volume licenses; and Japanese military lose data.

In today's podcast: Worm attacks Facebook; Juniper attacks network energy consumption; and economic crisis attacks Japanese vendors.

In today's podcast: EFF blasts Apple's takedown of iPodhash; YouTube gives Japanese content makers way to make money; and Fedora 10 released, offers improvements.

In today's podcast: Intel promises better laptop graphics next year; SEC plans new filing system; and Apple admits some iPod nanos overheating in Japan.

In today's podcast: China requires Web filtering software on PCs; Nvidia says packaging problems hasn't hurt its laptop GPU business; and Intel invests in Japanese WiMax operator.

In today's podcast: China stands firm on Green Dam deadline; Apple employees see Jobs back at work; and Japan threatens South Korea with WTO action over batteries.

A South Korean woman barred from entering Japan fooled the biometric fingerprint scanner by putting "special" tape over her fingers.