Newsweek's international edition reports on the burgeoning little industry importing electronic gadgets from Japan. Companies such as Dynamism.com and Compact-Impact.com in the United States and Skill in the UK have built businesses around unique relationships with Japanese electronics distributors who export ultra-small laptops, USB storage keys, MiniDisc recording devices, portable audio devices, and unique digital cameras. These gadget import companies companies provide a number of services including English language manuals and special warranties for U.S. and European customers.

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Tom McDonnell showed me a tiny Casio digital camera that a friend from Japan had given to him as a gift. I had my Canon PowerShot A95, but for some reason I didn't think to take a picture of it. (If I had, I could have talked more about it on Operation Gadget.)

The point of telling this story is that a company like Dynamism would be one of the few resellers in the United States that might sell a Casio digital camera like this that was produced for the Japanese market.