S4 in Japan, please help me!! - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I am currently in Japan and my device does not manage to connect to Docomo network, it simply doesn't find anything when manually searching for networks.
With my home simcard it eventually found Softbank network, although i had to travel long distances until it worked and if I reboot I'm back to square one. With the japanese sim, it has never worked.
I know the hardware supports it so at this point i'm thinking about the modem, but which modem should I flash for it to work in japan (and east asia area possibly?). I looked around in the forums but didn't find a definite answer.
I am currently running OmegaDroid v40 (android 4.4.2 and baseband XXUFNC9)
Any help or tips would be appreciated as my situation make it extremely painful to live without phone or internet access !
Thanks in advance!

Bump, nobody has any input or experience with S4 in Japan ?

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