Apple has announced that the iPhone will be in Asia in 2008. We know that EDGE won't work in Japan but 3G standard UMTS / HSDPA will. Japan is Apple's largest market in Asia, the world's second largest economy and most likely part of the initial iPhone. Apple has been rolling out iPhones in six month intervals.
The shots on the left do at least seem to be crafted around those supposed size and shape leaks we saw the other day though, so bonus points there for playing into another current rumor to rack up a small bit of credibility.
It comes as no surprise that Apple is working on a 3G version of its handset, like a reasonable time frame for such a device to be launched. The real question is how the addition of 3G will impact the price and battery life.