Amazon Prime Instant Video to Launch in Japan

1 September 2015. Amazon is to launch its Prime Instant Video service in Japan. Amazon's Japanese Prime Instant Video service will allow users to watch Japanese and American films, TV programmes and cartoons. Prime membership will cost 3,900 yen per year, equivalent to around 33 US dollars. Amazon is the second major international online video company to announce its entry into the Japanese market in recent weeks. Earlier this month, the online TV company Netflix announced that it would be launching in the Japanese market on 2nd September, its first foray into Asia.
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