Today I found a newsletter from Bazix in my inbox with some news about the One-Chip-MSX project:

Earlier this month a meeting between representatives of MSX Association, ESE Artists Factory and Bazix took place in Tokyo, Japan. During this meeting, the status and future of the Western One Chip MSX Project was discussed. As we already knew, several changes have taken place in the organisations of the parties involved - especially in the organisation of D4 Enterprise, the Japanese company that produced the One Chip MSX for the Japanese market. As D4E focuses more and more on digital software distribution, it didn't seem probable for this company to become responsible for the Western One Chip MSX after all, so we came to the conclusion that it would be better to focus on production of the Western One Chip MSX elsewhere.

Together with MSX Association and ESE Artists Factory we have discussed the changes that have to be made to make the One Chip MSX suitable for commercial distribution on the Western market, as well as some possible improvements compared to the Japanese version. Next, we have started looking around for companies that can produce the Western One Chip MSX. In the coming weeks, we expect to receive several quotes which we shall then compare and discuss with our Japanese partners. We will also try to investigate the effect of some of the discussed improvements to the One Chip MSX design on production costs. After carefully weighing all options we will select a final design for the Western One Chip MSX.

On www.onechipmsx.com we will soon launch a blog on which the process of the Western One Chip MSX project can be followed. [..]

This sounds like good news.