Japan has the most expensive CDs on Earth – they have a huge local music industry, and local CDs cost almost twice as much as imports. I still have no idea why this is.
in the 2 years that i was into J-pop while in secondary school, the Japanese vinyl 7" single and 12" album already costed almost 2-3 times as much as an english import. so i guess it's just the way they price music products.
i do know that in Japan there's no discount on new releases (it's banned by the law) and usually CD-singles are on limited release (drives fans to buy it while they can and charge higher price)... like you said, they have a big enough local market to get away with it, even during the depression.
the only way to get cheaper local CDs in Japan is go to their secondhand stores...
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on 2008-05-01 08:20 am (UTC)in the 2 years that i was into J-pop while in secondary school, the Japanese vinyl 7" single and 12" album already costed almost 2-3 times as much as an english import. so i guess it's just the way they price music products.
i do know that in Japan there's no discount on new releases (it's banned by the law) and usually CD-singles are on limited release (drives fans to buy it while they can and charge higher price)... like you said, they have a big enough local market to get away with it, even during the depression.
the only way to get cheaper local CDs in Japan is go to their secondhand stores...