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Title: Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit Post by: HCK on September 26, 2025, 04:05:03 pm Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit
Apple CEO Tim Cook (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/tim-cook/) is in Japan this week to celebrate the reopening of Apple Ginza (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/23/apple-ginza-grand-reopening-date/) in Tokyo on Friday. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2025/09/apple-ceo-tim-cook-pikachu.jpg) So far, Cook has met with Japanese boy band Number_i, and hugged Pokemon character Pikachu. Cook also said that he connected with App Store (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/app-store/) developers, and visited Bandai Namco to play iOS game Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra. <div class="center-wrap"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Met Pikachu, connected with developers using our software features in amazing ways, and played Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra at Bandai Namco… Japan is a gamer's paradise! pic.twitter.com/WIilg7NWrM (https://t.co/WIilg7NWrM)</p>— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) September 24, 2025 (https://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/1970812392134377778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> Apple Ginza was Apple's first retail store location outside of the United States when it opened in 2003. The flagship store included a 27-foot Genius Bar, an 84-seat theater, and an internet cafe for customers to visit. The Sayegusa Building where Apple Ginza was located needed to be updated, so in 2022, Apple moved the store to a temporary location. Apple is now ready to reopen Apple Ginza, and the new store has received a number of upgrades. There is an Apple Pickup station for customers to pick up online orders, a Genius Bar, a seating area for one-on-one Apple Vision Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-vision-pro/) demos, and a space for Today at Apple sessions. Customers in Japan can attend the store opening on Friday, September 26 at 10:00 a.m. local time, and Cook will be in attendance. The store will be selling special-edition Apple Gift Cards for the reopening, and Apple also shared special wallpaper (https://www.apple.com/jp/retail/ginza-preview/) designed for the iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone/), iPad (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad/), and Mac. This article, "Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/24/tim-cook-japan-visit/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-ceo-tim-cook-meets-pikachu-during-japan-visit.2467423/) in our forums Source: Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/24/tim-cook-japan-visit/) |