Okay, so I’m perusing the virtual aisles of the iTunes Store and I run a Power Search under the ‘J-Pop’ genre and surprise! We got pop (girl pop to be exact). You’ll find the artists who are no-brainers like Ayumi Hamasaki, m-flo, BoA, Ai Ootsuka and (here’s where the Okinawan-connection hits) Namie Amuro! Yup, they pretty much have Amuro covered and that is in itself really great but the thing that led me to actually blog about it is the availability of the out-of-print 3-inch (8cm) singles like “Can You Celebrate?” among others. Needless to say, owners of music from the iTunes Store already know that the albums and singles come with the cover art which should be a big plus to those (like yours truly) who are seriously into their digital audio collections. Looks like an update to my “List of Artists Available at the US iTMS” is in order. 
(Tip: Artists from Japan/Okinawa are strewn all about the iTunes Store under several genres so your best bet is to do a search under the artist name to find what you’re looking for.)
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