The Sony Xperia AX (SO-01E) for Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has now been rooted. However, this is no easy one-click method like some of the ones we’ve seen in the past. It’s quite a complicated process that should only be attempted by those who know what they are doing. Xperia-Freaks has the full instructions which involves flashing the AU rom for the Xperia VL (essentially the same phone), rooting the handset and then flashing back to DoCoMo firmware. Click here for the full rundown.