Buying a music from other country

Hi to all and this is my first time asking a question here so I hope somebody could help me.
I live in Philippines and I want to buy an album in the japan itunes store or gift this album to my friend... Is it possible even if my account is in the Philippines?
I realized I can switch to the japan itunes store but I don't have a billing address in japan so I'm hesitating to buy because I may breach apple's terms and conditions.
Please help... Thanks!

You can only buy content from your own country's store - you need to be in a country, and have a billing address in that country on your account, to be able to buy from its store. So if you are in the Philippines then you can only buy from the Philippine store, and you can only gift content from that store to other people who are in the Philippines (you can't gift to another country).
If you and the intended recipient of the gift are both in the Philippines then you could try requesting that the album be added to your store, but unless the rights-holder agrees to then Apple won't be able to sell it there : http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html

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