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iTunes Music Store coming to Japan
“Apple Japan Inc. is planning to launch a localized version of the iTunes Music Store in Japan the coming months.
Officially the company has not announced when or if it plans to launch the service, but staff at its newly opened retail store in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo have been telling customers the company is currently planning to launch the service ‘in the spring.’”
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For me this is great news…not because I live in Japan but because of the previews of music by japanese artists who until now have been away from the iTunes music store library!
Posted by Mahler_seele on January 5, 2004 at 6:13 AM (PDT)
2
This is fantastic. I’ll be making use of this with my new iPod.
Posted by plasticparadox on January 5, 2004 at 6:47 AM (PDT)
3
I am not Canadian or anything but what about the friggin canadians???
Posted by bababooey on January 5, 2004 at 12:42 PM (PDT)
4
what about the europeans?
Posted by Jon on January 5, 2004 at 5:04 PM (PDT)
5
and the australians…
Posted by m0nkey on January 5, 2004 at 6:45 PM (PDT)
6
And the Aliens…?
Posted by cabbit on January 5, 2004 at 10:36 PM (PDT)
7
im in us, does that means i can buy japanese song from now on ???
Posted by yakfu on January 6, 2004 at 9:51 PM (PDT)