Blatant lies and very faker news!!!
Why this bs article?? You can buy anywhere here in Japan those overpriced cards without any issue.And I'm not talking online store which are usually WAY cheaper and with 1 day delivery:
Amazon JP link here
Rakuten JP link here
Any big retail store I've been recently, such as BicCamera, Yodobashi Camera, Labi, etc, have those in store. The smaller stores in Akihabara (Tokyo), Oosu (Nagoya), etc, most of them also have it, but usually they do not bring more than a couple for the simple reason that those cards DO NOT SELL well in Japan.
The average salary here in Japan, except Tokyo and Yokohama, is almost as the price as this card, so...