p2pnet.net News:- Reports that iTunes will shortly be opening in Japan appear to be erroneous.

In fact, they’re, “rubbish, the company effectively said today,” according to The Register.

Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun said ITMS Japan will launch in August, “following digital distribution deals reached between Apple Japan and a number of major Japanese record labels, specifically Avex and Toshiba-EMI,” says the story.

But, “The online music service’s launch is believed to have been hindered by the reluctance of local labels to allow it to offer music downloads in the way its US and European stores do,” says The Register.

“They are apparently dissatisfied with the pricing and usage terms ITMS provides its customers.”

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See:-
The Register - Japan iTunes August launch report ‘untrue’, June 8, 2005

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