Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit

[MacRumors]

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Japan this week to celebrate the reopening of Apple Ginza in Tokyo on Friday.

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 developers, and visited Bandai Namco to play iOS game Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1970812392134377778

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 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 designed for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

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[mozumder]

Is there an Apple-Nintendo collab coming?

 

[CasualFanboy]

This is a gross sight.

 

[Simmias]

This is the type of hard hitting news we expect.

 

[digimc]

Tim, when you're done having fun with Pikachu in Japan, can you please return stateside and check on the status of my iPhone 17 Pro order.

Please!

 

[Brandon263]

"So far, Cook has... hugged Pokemon character Pikachu."

😂😂😂

 

[ThomasJL]

That is a coincidence since both Pikachu and USB 2.0 are over 25 years old. Pikachu was released in the first half of 1998. USB 2.0 was released in the first half of 2000. So both were released over a quarter century ago. Tim Cook still uses the quarter-century old USB 2.0 technology on the newly released 2025 iPhone 17 and iPhone Air. Read the following thread for more information on how much Cook is disrespecting and cheating customers by doing that:

Will iPhone 14 be USB 2.0? Probably, since Cook is mediocre.

Apple computers have had USB 3.0 since mid-2012. That is 10 years ago. Despite that, Tim Cook, being the mediocre beancounter MBA suit that he is, has still not done anything to upgrade the connectivity on the latest iPhones. The latest iPhones use the same USB 2.0 connectivity that shipped with...

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[jecowa]

Just the dancing Pikachu, please.

 

[digimc]

That is a coincidence since both Pikachu and USB 2.0 are over 25 years old. Pikachu was released in the first half of 1998. USB 2.0 was released in the first half of 2000. So both were released over a quarter century ago. Tim Cook still uses the quarter-century old USB 2.0 technology on the newly released 2025 iPhone 17 and iPhone Air. Read the following thread for more information on how much Cook is disrespecting and cheating customers by doing that:

Will iPhone 14 be USB 2.0? Probably, since Cook is mediocre.

Apple computers have had USB 3.0 since mid-2012. That is 10 years ago. Despite that, Tim Cook, being the mediocre beancounter MBA suit that he is, has still not done anything to upgrade the connectivity on the latest iPhones. The latest iPhones use the same USB 2.0 connectivity that shipped with...

forums.macrumors.com

Things took a dark turn there.

 

[cbaca51]

Wow. The CEO of Apple and the CEO of Pokémon! Two titan giants finally meet! Incredible!

 

[arc of the universe]

two things apple never gets right:

1 gaming
2 social media

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Pikachu During Japan Visit

Print it!

 

[btrach144]

Tim Cook playing Dragon Ball! As a kid, I said the series would live forever. My dad laughed and called it a fad.

Check it out now dad!

 

[tyranne201]

who games in their phones?

 

[Gengar]

Let me know when I can get Pokémon Yellow on my iPhone as an app 😂

 

[subjonas]

I don't think that's the real Pikachu. Probably a lookalike.

 

[bLackjackj]

What a life! Millions of dollars in his bank account, traveling the world on company dime for fun..at the same time imploring colleagues to work in the office everyday and not from home..

 

[TracesOfArsenic]

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Pikachu.

 

[timborama]

Which one is Pikachu?

 

[Astuces iOS]

Pokemon go built in ?

 

[bmark]

Anything to distract from iOS 26 and scratch gate!

 

[loyalraccoon]

Steve Jons might have been a horrible human being but at least he had good taste unlikel Mr. Moneybags here.

 

[frownface]

Is there an Apple-Nintendo collab coming?

Might finally breathe some life into apple arcade.

 

[klasma]

Surprised Timcookchu face.

 

[klasma]

IPhones are now the real pocket monsters.