Napster to shut down in Japan

It was reported (via Keitai Watch) that Napster would discontinue its services in Japan due to the shift to DRM free strategy of its American parent and inability to support development costs required to implement such change in Japan. It was also mentioned in the article that Napster would become profitable in Japan in near terms and hence, the decision to stop providing services because of the additional development costs associated with DRM free platform looks, to put it mildly, strange. Napster Japan is a joint venture between Napster and Tower Record with NTT DoCoMo being involved as well. DoCoMo users are going to be affected as Napster To Go service is being offered on DoCoMo handsets.