Where can I legally download Japanese music?

[Shuusgirl]

...The title pretty much says it all.  I just need someplace I can buy/download Japanese music legally, and I can't find any on itunes.

[kkslider5552000]

if only there was an engine that could search for it

[melvinking91]

tell me which song and the artist name u are looking for and i will search for u and post the link here ....PV/MV-MP3...

[Shuusgirl]

It's not really anyone specifically, I want some of the Hana Kimi, Hana Yori Dango and some other soundtracks.  I just really don't want to get them illegally.
I read somewhere that you can buy an itunes giftcard (a Japanese one) and go through the itunes store from there, but I was just wondering if there was an easier way to get it.

[Kogorou]

Have you tried amazon.jp?
Maybe that works for you

[jmaeshawn]

In my opinion, if you are going to go through all the trouble of buying it, you might as well buy the CD. 

[melvinking91]

well..shuusgirl i will rather recommend you to try to find it in beemp3.com.....or if u can specified which song of the artist u will like to find i maybe will help u look for it.....if not it will be rather hard for me to get it since i cant know which of the song u want...and all the artist have at least more than 1 song published...or u may also try to search it through google.com or yahoo.com

[Shuusgirl]

beemp3.com?  Thanks, I'll have to try that!

[Moriarty]

Perhaps the most complete source of Japanese music.... http://z15.invisionfree.com/JAPANESE_MU ... wtopic=218

However, I am not sure if one would consider it illegal.

When they moved to that site, I noticed some of their artists disappeared.

[The Mask]

well..shuusgirl i will rather recommend you to try to find it in beemp3.com.....or if u can specified which song of the artist u will like to find i maybe will help u look for it.....if not it will be rather hard for me to get it since i cant know which of the song u want...and all the artist have at least more than 1 song published...or u may also try to search it through google.com or yahoo.com

From what I hear, beemp3 is not legal. One place that I do know that provides legal Japanese music is http://www.hearjapan.com/. They don't seem to have the mainstream artists though, and the anime music in it are re-recorded by independent artists. Still, it may be worth a shot.

[Dark Ren]

In my opinion, if you are going to go through all the trouble of buying it, you might as well buy the CD. 

This

[kyuuketsuki]

I'd agree with amazon.co.jp...

Amazon has MP3 downloading capabilities... amazon japan obviously has japanese music...

[A.E.]

TPB

Why are people so concerned about legality?

[Moriarty]

TPB

Why are people so concerned about legality?

I put a torrent I made there.... but it got removed within a day, maybe because it contained the ENTIRE discography of ZARD.... I love bragging about my compilation of that... hehehe

[A.E.]

TPB

Why are people so concerned about legality?

I put a torrent I made there.... but it got removed within a day, maybe because it contained the ENTIRE discography of ZARD.... I love bragging about my compilation of that... hehehe

TPB is brimming with hundreds of discographies, and no torrent is supposed to be removed, unless it's abusive (child pornography, murder scenes, etc...)
I don't see why it was removed, unless some jerk reported it as a scam.
Anyways, if you read the Legal Threats and the responds TPB sends back, you'll grasp how jokingly TPB handles copyright laws.