Volume and revenues both down year-on-year.
Japanese mobile music sales fell during the first nine months of this year, pulling down the country's overall digital music figures.
297.6 million mobile music units were sold between January and September this year, down 6% year-on-year. Sales fell 4% to 56.6 billion Yen (around $678.4 million).
Ringtone decline is a big part of that, but even single-track mobile sales were down 2% by both volume and revenue year-on-year.
Mobile accounted for 87% of the Japanese digital music market in the first nine months of this year, so the decline is a concern for both operators and record labels.
The figures were released by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
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