BlackBerry Stops Selling In Japan

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The Blackberry Z10 goes on sale in Toronto on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief executive of the smartphone maker suggested in an interview. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, )
The Blackberry Z10 goes on sale in Toronto on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief executive of the smartphone maker suggested in an interview. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, )

(Reuters) - BlackBerry will stop selling smartphones in Japan, partly because the company cannot justify the cost of modifying its operating system to accommodate the Japanese language, the Nikkei business daily reported.

BlackBerry's market share in Japan has shrunk to 0.3 percent from 5 percent, the daily said.

BlackBerry could not be immediately reached for comment.

The company, which changed its name from Research In Motion when it launched its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones a week ago, will continue to offer support to existing users, the Nikkei said.

(Reporting by Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore; Editing by Supriya Kurane)

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