My old man was a high school woodwork teacher and he was very impressed with the quality of the hand tools here. In regards to the on-line auctions I noticed that a few of the sellers will ship internationally so it might be worth checking out any of the web-sites linked in the auctions to see what's available. If you or some-one you know can send off an e-mail in Japanese outlining what you're after it may give you a few leads. Good luck.