How to change endpoint of EMR with aws-sdk 1.6.5
Amazon Elastic Mapreduce is available in Japan and other regions apart from US region, but Ruby aws-sdk 1.6.5 doesn't support those regions.
Here is a workaround in case of Japan region.
AWS::Core::Configuration.module_eval do
add_service 'EMR', 'emr', 'ap-northeast-1.elasticmapreduce.amazonaws.com'
end