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I’ll be brief with this because there’s no comparison. iTunes wins based on price, however there’s an article that takes an interesting if not twisted perspective on this.
Lismo charges about 420 yen per download. iTunes Japan charges about 150 yen for the same download.
AU makes it very hard for people to put music into their [...]

In a nutshell, Japan was pressured by the Japanese record industry to put a tax on all portable digital music players. Let’s break it down with my own commentary dropped in there…
THE MAIN PLAYERS:
Basically the battle was between the music industry and electronics makers, including but not limited to Apple, and other major players in [...]