Japan

The Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nippon) is an island country in East Asia. The capital and largest city is Tokyo. Japan is home to many consumer electronics companies.

Statistics
The land area of the Japan is 364,485 km2. As of 2020, the population is estimated to be 125,507,472, making it the 11th most populous country in the world.

Apple and Japan
The first Japanese company to collaborate with Apple Computer is Alps Electric, which assembled Disk II drives for for the Apple II series in 1982. In 1983, Apple began working with Sony to adopt their new 3.5 inch floppy format for the first Macintosh. The release of KanjiTalk in May 1986 helped the Macintosh Plus expand its market presence in Japan. Sony also collaborated with Apple in the manufacture of the PowerBook 100, which was released in October 1991.

In December 1994 in Tokyo, Apple and Japanese toy manufacturer Bandai jointly announced the Pippin platform, using a modified version of classic Mac OS. When released in 1996, the Pippin consoles were a major failure that financially impacted both companies. Co-founder Steve Jobs would be back at Apple by the end of the year.



Apple Stores in Japan
The first Apple retail store in Japan (and outside the United States) was opened on November 30, 2003 within the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Apple's largest store in Japan was opened on September 7, 2019 in the Marunouchi business district of Tokyo. In early 2020, all 10 stores in Japan were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 locations reopened on May 27th. The remaining 8 stores reopened on June 3rd with new health and safety guidelines.