Happily paid for a new MD player last week...after my economic impotence, heh. Got it from this guy who runs this mail order service. What he does is import all the cool MD players and recorders not available on the local market for you. See all his range at his site. The only downside is since Japan uses 110V, you just need to buy an $8 adapter from him and you're all set. It comes with a 1 year warranty too. If you wanna buy, give hime a buzz, he'll need a $50 deposit and wait for about 4 days for your new gizmo to be shipped. It's that simple.

Majority of MD geeks thinks that Sharp players sounds great, and I couldn't argue less. So if you're in the market for one, check out the site.