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Foreign Mobile Phones in Japan. Will they work? 12 Years, 4 Months ago

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This one is a question for the tech savvy among you!
I've had a look through the previous questions asked about mobile phones in this forum and couldn't find the answer to my question, so here we go:

Would a mobile phone from overseas work inside of Japan?
I own an iphone 4 and I am with O2 UK; the usual deal when I go to another country is that it switches to a local network there.
However, I have come across info that Japan is different and that only phones that support CDMA/3G will work out there?
I am v.confused.

Extra info: I'm asking as I will be visiting Japan in 2013 for 2 weeks and would like to call home from my phone, connect to wi-fi etc.
If not, I will just use hotel phone.