Land of the falling sun?
Japan experiences difficulties with Physical Sales in The First Half of 2007.
Physical sales have sharply declined during the first half of 2007 in Japan. This downturn is a part of a world-wide drop in physical music sales that has been happening over the last 2 years.
Physical formats dropped 9 percent during the first half-year to 129.6 million units, according to the RIAJ - the Recordings Industry Association of Japan. What is interesting about this is that recent stats show that dance music specific sales have been growing in Japan despite the overall downturn of the physical aspect of the industry.
Digital asset sales have not yet been disclosed by the RIAJ but we look forward to seeing the results!
