Buy iPhone 6 (A1586) in Japan

Hi,
I will work for a while at Japan. If i'm buying an iPhone 6 (A1586) in Apple Store in Japan, i wonder if it will work in Europe and particular in Switzerland ?
What I have to mention to the seller at Apple Store ?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards.

No it won't because all phones sold in Japan are sold carrier locked and the Japanese carriers will not unlock phones, so you are stuck. 
For the phone to work in Europe, you need to buy an unlocked phone and you cannot buy these in Japan.  What you will have to do is buy a new phone in Japan to use whilst you are living there and then sell that when you come home and buy a new phone.
Nothing else you can do.

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