Last I saw stats wise a fairly decent backlog of orders for the iPhone existed in Japan thru the end of August with shipping dates into the September. Not sure if the type of backlog still exists or if ordered but unshipped/delivered phones count in the rankings folks are looking at.
Looking at http://bcnranking.jp/category/subcategory_0010.html it looks like the iPhone is currently at #2 for the week of Sept. 14th (for this store tracker).
Looking at http://bcnranking.jp/category/subcategory_0010.html it looks like the iPhone is currently at #2 for the week of Sept. 14th (for this store tracker).