TOKYO - Internet music download company Napster launched a Japanese service Tuesday aimed at tapping the growing demand for music-to-go and catching up with Apple's iTunes in one of the world's biggest music markets.
The service was to go live online at 10 p.m. Tuesday, offering more than 1.5 million Japanese and foreign tunes.
"As the second-largest music market in the world, Japan presents a very large economic opportunity for Napster," Brad Duea, the company's president, said during a pre-launch news conference in Tokyo.
The Japanese service puts U.S.-based Napster Inc. in head-to-head competition with Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and its online music store …
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