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“now my victory is complete!”</vader>

Yesterday Apple finally managed to get iTunes Music Store open in Japan.
Apple, based in Cupertino, California, said iTunes would charge ¥150, or $1.34, each for 90 percent of its songs and ¥200 for the other 10 percent, undercutting some services, like Sony’s Mora, which charges ¥210.
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Offerings from Japanese artists on Sony labels will not be available on iTunes, said a spokeswoman for Sony Music Entertainment, Kiyono Yoshinaga.
“We are in talks with Apple, but we have not reached an agreement at this time,” she said, declining to give details.

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