Why can't I use my Japanese cell phone number as C...

It seems that I cannot set a +81 (Japan) number as my Skype caller ID. What I don't understand is why this is the case, especially since over a hundred other countries are supported.
Caller ID is just a piece of metadata transmitted during call setup. What is so special about a number starting with 81? Does anyone have any insight as to the underlying reason?
[Please, Skype, don't respond saying it isn't supported. I know that. I would simply like to know the reason why your Japanese customers receive an inferior service.]

Thanks for your quick feedback Winston, appreciate that.  I had a further search for solutions and it would appear that someone called AndrewSawczyn has provided a workaround on another post called "Re: Apple ID and Primary Email Addresses are locked and cannot be edited."  This has worked for me.

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