Apple supplier Japan Display is on the hook for more than $800 million it owes to Apple for building a smartphone display manufacturing plant four years ago, and now it could sell the entire factory to the Cupertino firm and Sharp, another Apple supplier that builds LCD panels for some iOS devices.
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Apple to hold a one-day shopping event in Japan on January 2
Apple Japan announced on its website earlier this week that it will be holding a one-day shopping event in the country on Thursday, January 2.
A new Apple retail store is opening this Saturday in Japan’s Kawasaki
Apple is scheduled to open a brand new brick-and-mortar store in Kawasaki, Japan this coming Saturday, December 14, marking its tenth store opening in the 127 million people country.
Japan’s FTC is probing Apple over the way it sells iPhones in the country
Apple is under investigation for iPhone supply deals in Japan.
Watch this shot on iPhone ad featuring lavishly decorated trucks that are all the rage in Japan
Apple's shot on iPhone campaign has been running for a few years now, and continues unabated as the company on Friday published a new video to its official YouTube account that features Japan’s extravagantly decorated trucks, called “decotora.”
Check out the glass spiral staircase in Apple’s renovated Shibuya store in Japan
Apple is scheduled to reopen its third major store in Japan to feature modern styling alongside the iPhone XR release this Friday, and it's going to sport an elegant glass-clad spiral staircase.
Apple previews its first Kyoto store with multi-level atrium ahead of Saturday’s grand opening
Apple on Thursday took the press on a tour of its first-ever retail store in Kyoto, Japan. The brick-and-mortar retail store is located on the Shijō Dori street, which has been Kyoto's main shopping corridor since the 1600s. Grand opening celebration will be held Saturday, August 25, at 10am local time, according to the store's listing on Apple's Retail webpage.
Japan is forcing carriers to end smartphone bundling in a move that could hurt Apple
The government of Japan wants wireless carriers to stop bundling the cost of smartphones into fixed-term monthly service fees in a move that could hurt Apple's iPhone.
Apple Japan offers free repairs of gear damaged by torrential rain and landslides
Apple Japan announced (Google Translate) Friday that it's going to offer free repairs of customers' devices directly damaged by the record rainfall that hit southwestern Japan earlier this month and caused hundreds of deaths, flooding, landslides and collapsed infrastructure.
Apple’s latest retail design comes to Japan
Apple is opening a brand new store outlet in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district.
iPhone screen supplier Japan Display needs cash injection to switch to OLEDs
Apple supplier Japan Display is considering seeking a possible capital injection from strategic investors and buyout funds to help finance a shift from its ailing LCD smartphone business to OLED technology, widely believed to be adopted by Apple's premium iPhone 8 model.
Western Digital held talks with Apple regarding acquiring Toshiba’s chip business
Toshiba has narrowed the list of bidders for its lucrative semiconductor business to a small group that includes Western Digital’s rivals such as Apple's favorite contract manufacturer Foxconn, memory chip maker SK Hynix and wireless chip maker Broadcom. Western Digital, however, feels that Toshiba should negotiate with it first.
In a new Bloomberg report Thursday, Western Digital has confirmed it's currently in talks with Japanese government-backed investment funds regarding a potential deal with the Japanese conglomerate. Mark Long, Western Digital's CEO, hinted that his company has held discussions with Apple as it tries to win a battle for Toshiba’s flash memory unit.