Apple’s Japan Investment Crosses $100 Billion, CEO Cook Visits Chip Epicentre

Apple’s Japan Investment Crosses $100 Billion, CEO Cook Visits Chip Epicentre
The Apple Inc. logo hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, on Oct. 16, 2019. Mike Segar/Reuters
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TOKYO—Apple Inc. said on Tuesday it had invested more than $100 billion in its Japanese supply network over the last five years, as its Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook visited the epicenter of the country’s semiconductor industry.

Cook said in a Monday tweet he visited Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan, home to factories of many semiconductor and leading technology firms, including one under construction by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC).