In an expected move made by Nokia, they’ve decided to stop selling cellphones in the Japanese market. In other words: Sayonara Japan!

The reason to run away from this specific Asian market? How about a misereable 1% share? Yes, Nokia is rated that bad in Japan, but on the other hand the competition is very agressive, and there are a lot of other cellphone brands out there. The Japanese Nokia office will continue to work normally, and Softbank + DoCoMo will be the ones responsible for the mobile phones sales.

Timo Ihamuotila of Nokia, comments:

We have judged that we cannot continue to invest in product development just for Japan amid the current tough economic conditions.

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