An interesting article discussing why the main medium of Japanese music sale remained CDs until 2020 and how the pandemic has made more Japaense music available on the streaming services such as iTune and Spotify. It’s all about handshakes.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-music/change-of-tune-japan-music-fans-moving-from-cds-to-streaming-services-idUSKBN27Q0GB