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..and then I emailed them asking about retail pricing. Their reply: 700,000¥. Or if you prefer, about $8400USD at current exchange rates. In more practical terms, that's 3x the cost of a SAS LTO-5 drive by Quantum or HP here in the USA. Seriously, at their quoted MSRP you could buy THREE SAS...

..until now. http://www.unitex.co.jp/products/cmtmt/lt50lt40usb.html I did a search for this exact issue, and this HF thread was the first link. And then further down the page.. so apparently this Japanese company is now offering an IBM LTO5 in a USB 3.0 external case as of September 2012...