Thank all of you for your responses. Most of the time I'm reading the old posts but I'm glad I have a place to go when I have real question. I'm going ORD-NRT on 9-29 JAL for 5 nights, then Beijing and SHA for 5 nights each, back home SHA-ORD (AA) on 10-15. I usually just use my Cingular Razor when I travel but I know it won't work in Japan. I'll be on the go most of time and I would like to be able to receive calls from the states. I may just end up renting from cellhire for inbound and use Skype on my laptop for outbound back at the hotel. And keep the Razor for my China portion.