Facebook Japan has launched a music streaming function, Music Stories, on the Japanese version of its social networking platform.

"The function was announced in the U.S. in November last year. Music streaming services AWA and D Hits have cooperated with us to make it available in Japan," Facebook Japan spokesman Naoto Yokoyama told a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Yokoyama said the company is in talks with other services, too, and that Apple Music is likely to participate in the future.