I think there might be a cultural/home market component too. When I was visiting japan, I was somewhat surprised about how many book stores, record stores and

I think there might be a cultural/home market component too. When I was visiting japan, I was somewhat surprised about how many book stores, record stores and so on were still around and busy. And when I looked up the stats, japan does have more CD sales than most markets too: https://qz.com/711490/why-japan-has-more-music-stores-than-the-rest-of-the-world/ https://qz.com/711490/why-japan-has-more-music-stores-than-t...