How can I access Itunes Japan

I am US based and have the US version of iTunes. I'd like to be able to download music from iTunes Japan. Can I do that? If so, how would I go about it?
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DELL Windows XP

Posted on Aug 20, 2006 1:44 PM

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Aug 20, 2006 1:48 PM in response to NYCKiwi

This question is asked frequently so I'll just quote the most succinct answer (courtesy of Dave Sawyer) from the many given:

In order to buy from any given country's iTunes Music Store, you must have either:

a) a credit card with a billing address in that country, or

b) a mailing address in that country and a gift certificate or a prepaid card that was bought in that country.

If you cannot fulfill one of these two sets of conditions, you will not be able to purchase from any given country's iTMS.

.......this is due to restrictions placed on Apple by the record companies and other rights holders (who are often completely different from country to country and so all require their own individual negotiations and contracts), not by Apple's choice. And this also applies to all the legal download stores that carry major-label content, not just the iTMS.

Aug 20, 2006 2:07 PM in response to Zevoneer

This question is asked frequently so I'll just quote
the most succinct answer (courtesy of Dave Sawyer)
from the many given:

In order to buy from any given country's iTunes Music
Store, you must have either:

a) a credit card with a billing address in that
country, or

b) a mailing address in that country and a
gift certificate or a prepaid card that was bought in
that country.

If you cannot fulfill one of these two sets of
conditions, you will not be able to purchase from any
given country's iTMS.

.......this is due to restrictions placed on Apple by
the record companies and other rights holders (who
are often completely different from country to
country and so all require their own individual
negotiations and contracts), not by Apple's choice.
And this also applies to all the legal download
stores that carry major-label content, not just
the iTMS
.


Many thanks for your reply Zevoneer.

I do actually have access to a Japanese credit card account and address (through my wife's parents).

So what would I need to do next to access the Japanese music list on iTunes? Do I need a different version of the iTunes software?

DELL Windows XP

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