Will SP-tSoT get a Japan release?  I REALLY want to buy it but I'm blocked EVERYWHERE because it's not available in Japan yet.

Okay, so no idea, eh?  All right.  Anybody have any idea who I can ask or how I can ask to get an eta on a Japan release?

Your best bet is likely either importing a physical ps3 version of the game (US version is uncensored) or buying it via PSN.

Oh, sorry.  Should have specified.  I'm on PC.  I don't even have a game console at all.

I know a lot of players use free VPNs to get around region locks / censored content, then put steam in offline mode while playing the game. I'm not sure if you need a CC attached to a physical address in the correct region though. US military personel run into this problem when stationed in regions where a steam game hasn't been released, and VPN'ing is how they get around it.

 

Another option, and someone please tell me if I'm wrong, is being gifted the game by someone who can purchase it.

Thanks for the feedback.  I‘m mostly wondering about an official release, though I might keep waiting to see if one of the online retailers will let me buy it.  Unfortunately, it seems to have a regional activation lock, meaning even if I did have key from, say, Amazon, it still wouldn't activate unless I used a vpn on steam, which I'm not willing to do because I could lose the account.