Artists missing from store?

I've noticed when I went to go purchase more music by a few Japanese pop artists they no longer appear in the iTunes Store. Rather disappointing as now the only option I have to purchase music by the artists is to import the physical CDs directly from an import specialist.
I was wondering if somewhere on the iTunes/Apple site any information as to why certain artists are pulled from the store.

The upgrade to 100% iTunes Plus this month coincided with the disappearance of quite a few Japanese artists from the iTunes Store.
I have not seen any announcement from either Apple or the labels on the reasons.
You can check other online music download stores, or you can buy CDs.

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