Using AirMac in Japan

Can somebody help me, please? I've just moved to Tokyo. My apartment is fitted with an NEC router and NEC warpster wireless (both apparently very new). For obvious reasons, I wanted to switch to Airport Extreme which I've used for years in the uK without a problem. So, i bought an AX in Tokyo, but I cannot get it to be reconised by my 15" MBP. i've tried connecting the ethernet cable from the NEC router into the MBP, but cannot make that work. If I'm doing something wrong that's really obvious, I apologise, but I'm slowly going mad!
Any pointers, please, greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

That's a helpful comment. I now realise that I'm going to have to put another router in between the internet connection and the AX.

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