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Apple Confirms iTMS Coming to Japan This Year

Apple Confirms iTMS Coming to Japan This Year

by , 8:00 AM EDT, April 14th, 2005

Apple Computer will launch a version of its iTunes Music Store (iTMS) in Japan by the end of this year, the president of Apple's Japanese division has told the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.

Yoshiaki Sakito, president of Apple Japan, made the announcement on Tuesday in Tokyo. Mr. Sakito confirmed that the company is currently in talks with major CD companies over the number of songs to be provided on the iTMS and their prices.

Japan is Apple's largest international market and the iPod digital media device has been a resounding success, capturing the top three spots among best selling MP3 players, according to Nikkei Market Access.

Since April 2003, Apple has sold music through iTMS in the U.S. and 14 other countries at US$0.99, or about 107 yen, per song. Apple announced in early March it had sold over 300 million songs online. In the U.S., the service features more than one million songs and more than 9,000 audiobooks.

An Apple spokesperson at its corporate headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. was not immediately available for additional comment. Apple's standard policy is not to comment on unannounced products or services.

iTunes Music Store Key Dates
April 28, 2003	Apple Launches iTunes Music Store
May 6, 2003	One million songs sold on iTMS
May 14, 2003	Two million songs sold on iTMS
June 23, 2003	Five million songs sold on iTMS
September 8, 2003	Ten million songs sold on iTMS
October 16, 2003	Apple & Pepsi launch giveaway of 100 million free songs
October 20, 2003	One million copies of iTunes for Windows downloaded in less than four days
November 6, 2003	1.5 million songs sold on iTMS in one week
December 15, 2003	25 million songs sold on iTMS
March 15, 2004	50 million songs sold on iTMS
April 28, 2004	Over 70 million songs sold on iTMS
May 5, 2004	3.3 million songs sold on iTMS in one week
June 15, 2004	Apple launches iTMS in UK, France & Germany
June 23, 2004	iTMS in Europe sells 800,000 songs in first week
July 12, 2004	100 million songs sold on iTMS
August 10, 2004	iTMS catalog tops one million songs
October 14, 2004	150 million songs sold on iTMS
October 26, 2004	Apple launches iTMS in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain
November 30, 2004	Apple launches iTMS in Canada
December 16, 2004	200 million songs sold on iTMS
January 6, 2005	Apple launches iTMS in Ireland
January 24, 2005	250 million songs sold on iTMS
March 2, 2005	300 million songs sold on iTMS
x xx, 2005	xxx million songs sold on iTMS

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Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:39 am Subject: Update

You could update your chart with 350 million songs sold on iTMS with the worst case date of Apr 10th, although it could've been any day last week (Apr 4 to Apr 10) - according to the conference call.

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