IDC Japan this week announced the shipment volume of domestic smartphones. Apple’s iPhone dominates the Japan market with 52.6% share…
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M1 Mac mini quickly launches Apple to No.1 in Japan desktop PC market
Just two weeks after the M1 Mac mini’s launch, the diminutive desktop computer has propelled Apple to the No.1 spot in the Japan desktop PC…
Japan to join forces with U.S., Europe in regulating Big Tech
The new head of Japan’s antitrust watchdog said on Monday that the country will take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech …
Sharp reports 38% drop in June quarter profit, beats analyst estimates
Japan-based Apple supplier Sharp on Wednesday reported a 37.8% drop in first-quarter operating profit as the COVID-19 shutdowns weighed on sales of…
Apple reopening flagship Tokyo stores as Japan eases restrictions
Apple on Wednesday plans to reopen their flagship retail stores in Japan, as the company works to reopen Apple Retail Stores in one of their biggest…
Apple Retail Stores to begin reopening in Japan this week
After Apple Retail Stores had been shuttered for months due to COVID-19, the company will this week begin reopening its retail stores in Japan, one of…
Apple CEO Cook offers work from home to many employees this week
Apple CEO Tim Cook offered in a new memo to employees offered many global offices the option to work from home. Cook told employees at several…
2,000 Apple iPhones given to passengers quarantined aboard cruise ship
Thousands of passengers quarantined inside their cabins for two weeks aboard the Diamond Princess off the coast of Japan are getting Apple iPhones …
Tim Cook says Seiko Advance is why the Midnight Green iPhone 11 Pro exists
Wwhen Apple CEO Tim Cook spent three days in Japan in early December…
Japan set to regulate ‘Big Tech’ more tightly to ensure transparency
Japan will tighten regulations to prevent technology giants including Google and Facebook from abusing their market power…
Tim Cook’s Asian tour continues in Thailand following visits to Japan and Singapore
Tim Cook is continuing something of a whirlwind tour of Asia, after beginning the trip in Japan earlier in the week…
Tim Cook on innovation, creating U.S. jobs, Apple’s greatest contribution to humankind, and more
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday defended the company’s record of creating jobs in the U.S., rejecting criticism that the company outsources too much to China…
Apple CEO Cook visits Japan to meet with developers and employees
Tim Cook is currently in Japan meeting with local app developers…
Amazon Music now available on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Starting today, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App Store for Apple TV and get access to stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists and stations on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD…
After ‘Howdy Modi,’ President Trump and India’s PM could sign trade deal
President Trump is also expected to sign a deal with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week that lowers Japanese farm tariffs…
Apple’s largest store in Japan opens Saturday in Tokyo
In the heart of the Marunouchi business district, Apple will open its newest and largest store in Japan across from the historic Tokyo Station this Saturday, September 7th…
With changes to phone sales in Japan threatening its bottom line, Apple hits out at ‘unfair’ rules
Apple has been riding high in the Japanese smartphone market, enjoying the largest share of any company, but changes to the discounts mobile carriers…
Apple’s HomePod to launch in Japan on August 23, pre-orders have begun
Apple ‘s Siri-powered smart speaker will officially be available in Japan starting on August 23rd…
Apple CEO Cook offers tribute to Japanese Kyoto Animation studio after mass murder
Tributes to the Japanese animation studio ravaged in a suspected arson attack lit up social media on Friday…
Apple’s amazing HomePod is about to launch in Japan
Konnichiwa, Japan: It looks like good news for Japanese Apple Music fans, who can look forward to picking up a HomePod when it launches there later this summer…
7-Eleven stores in Japan will sell Apple iPhone accessories
The majority of Japan’s 20,925-strong chain of Seven-Eleven convenience stores will stock official Apple iPhone accessories…
Apple iPhone continues to dominate Japanese smartphone market
The biggest challenge for Apple in 2019 is to retain its dominance amid downward pressure on operator subsidies…
Apple iPhone saves woman’s life after shipwreck near Japan
One woman says her iPhone saved her life..
iPhone XR price drops around $100 at Japanese carrier NTT Docomo with two-year contract
As rumored last week, Apple is indirectly lowering the price of the iPhone XR…
Apple to lower iPhone XR pricing in Japan in order to boost sales
Less than a month after releasing the iPhone XR, Apple Inc. is moving to offer subsidies to mobile-network operators in Japan…
Smell and stress sensors a smash at Tokyo tech fair
State-of-the-art sensors that can measure stress levels, mood, posture, performance and even smell…
Apple Kyoto Opens Saturday on Shijō Dori
Apple will open its first store in Kyoto…
Apple allegedly pressured Yahoo to quash App Store rival in Japan
Japan is investigating allegations that pressure from Apple forced Yahoo Japan to pull back…
Apple provides customers in Japan with free repairs following floods and landslides
Apple is pledging assistance to its Japanese customers affected by heavy rainfall in July…
Canalys: Apple shipped 3.5 million Apple Watch units in Q218; LTE version a runaway success in Asia
Apple’s smartwatch performed strongly in Q2 2018, with 3.5 million shipped worldwide…
Japan FTC clears Apple of suspicions of iPhone antitrust violations
Apple Inc. and its Japan arm have reviewed their iPhone delivery contracts with three major domestic carriers…
Apple to close world’s last Apple Watch pop-up store
The world’s last Apple Watch store will soon be no more…
Apple opens new store in Tokyo’s Shinjuku District Saturday
This Saturday marks the opening of Apple Shinjuku in Tokyo, delivering Apple’s latest retail design…
Angela Ahrendts touts Apple’s investment in Japan, says ‘several’ new retail stores coming to the country
Apple’s retail head, Angela Ahrendts, talked about the company’s plans for Japan…
Apple iPhone X sales ‘stellar’ in Great Britain, China and Japan during first month of availability
In Great Britain, Apple achieved its highest share in more than three years in the month of November…
Bain Capital aims to list Toshiba chip unit on the Tokyo Stock Exchange within three years
U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital LP on Thursday said it aims to list Toshiba Corp…
Apple’s device storage prices are getting better
When I last mentioned Apple SSD prices, they maxed out at $2/GB. Apple’s prices (per GB) also tended…
Toshiba signs deal to sell chip unit to Bain Capital-led, Apple-backed group for $18 billion
Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it had signed an $18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital…
KKR said to be wooing Apple to switch sides in Toshiba bid
KKR & Co. is trying to persuade Apple Inc. to switch sides and join the private equity firm…
Bain Capital-Apple group to buy Toshiba chip business for $18 billion
After a messy, months-long bidding process, Toshiba has picked a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital…
Toshiba decides on Bain Capital-Apple Group in chip business sale
Toshiba Corp. decided Wednesday to sell its chip business to a group that includes Apple…
If Bain Capital bid for Toshiba succeeds, it could be Apple’s largest deal ever
Apple Inc. is throwing its considerable weight, and $3 billion in cash, behind Bain Capital…
