This is definitly not true !

First Time i have heared about this chip was, that it wasn't made for a market outside of japan. but the request for this chip was so high, that it is now available here in Germany. I think it is Rein-Components here in Germany, that sell the chip and give support. But i am not shure about the name. Dieter Ziegler told me about that, and i think he has one or even an eval-kit

Michael