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Is there electronics recycling centers in Japan?
For the mandatory Word, Excel etc. needs, a 500Mhz pentium2 & Ubuntu & OpenOffice is enough.
Fully working 500Mhz P2 machines with 20Gb HDD and 380M RAM cost 10...25€ here in Finland. And they come Ubuntu pre-installed & tested.
(I've paid 25€ for a full system and 10€ without a 19" monitor. 19" CRT displays cost 5...10€)