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Apple plans to open up its iTunes Music Store to Japanese customers by March 2005, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported on Thursday. The paper said that Apple aimed to offer more than 100,000 songs with an emphasis on Japanese music, making it the largest music download service in the country. In addition to the US, the iTunes Music Store is currently available in 12 European countries. Apple said in October that it plans to open a Canadian store this month.

Apple Japan plans to immediately increase staff in its direct sales division to 50-60 workers from 20. “The direct sales staff will focus primarily on universities and other institutions of higher education, as well as small and midsize digital content firms, market segments that distributors have not been able to adequately cover due to swelling sales costs,” according to the Nikkei Business Daily.