Yahoo's Japanese arm said Monday that it had entered into an agreement with Apple to direct searchers for music at the search company's Japanese portal to tracks on iTunes Japan. In addition, the two companies are working on bringing exclusive content from artists featured on Apple's music store to Yahoo's web properties.

While Yahoo does operate its own music service in the US, Y! Music Unlimited, it is not available in Japan. By tapping into the popular iTunes music service, Yahoo is aiming to draw more users to its service. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.