Buying off of iTunes Japan from USA, are gift cards still the only way?

[IronWing]

There are a couple albums I want to buy that are only available from the Japanese iTunes store. I read that buying Japanese iTunes gift cards are currently the only way to purchase stuff from the Japan store while in the USA. I checked the price of gift cards on ebay and it looks like the premium is about 30% on the cards. Anyone know of any other way to buy from iTunes Japan?

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Having a Japan credit card. I would assume since if you have a US credit card (and address?), you can use the US iTunes store.