Mobile music downloads dominate the music landscape in Japan

When it comes to any type of music, be it ringtones, music videos or singles Japanese users prefer to download it and playback on mobile phones. The recent numbers from RIAJ show a whooping 90% of paid music digital content in 2008 being consumed on mobile phone devices. Taking a closer look at mobile music consumption, we can see that ringtone and ringback downloads along with full-track purchases lead in popularity.

Source: RIAJ