Ondrej Holzman U-Apple umemezele ukuthi uzovula isikhungo esisha socwaningo eYokohama, eJapan, ebesesekwa esidlangalaleni nguNdunankulu waseJapan uShinzo Abe. "Sijabule ukukhulisa ubukhona bethu eJapan ngesikhungo esisha sokuthuthukiswa kwezobuchwepheshe e-Yokohama, ngenkathi sidala imisebenzi eminingi," kusho inkampani yaseCalifornia esitatimendeni sabezindaba.
Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba u-Apple ngokwakhe, uNdunankulu waseJapane u-Abe akwazi ukumemezela lezi zindaba ngesikhathi ekhuluma emadolobheni aseTokyo, lapho eveze khona ukuthi i-Apple inqume "ukwakha isikhungo sokucwaninga nentuthuko esithuthuke kakhulu eJapane." U-Abe ubekhuluma emkhankasweni wakhe ngaphambi kokhetho oluzayo lwaseJapan ngeSonto. I-Apple yaziqinisekisa ngokushesha izinhloso zayo.
U-Abe uchaze isikhungo esihleliwe sika-Apple “njengesinye esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Asia,” kodwa ngeke kube indawo yokuqala yenkampani yakwa-Apple e-Asia. Isivele inezikhungo zocwaningo nentuthuko e-China naseTaiwan, izikhungo eziningana ezinkulu kwa-Israel, futhi icubungula ukunwetshwa kweYurophu, ikakhulukazi eCambridge, eNgilandi.
Kodwa-ke, akekho undunankulu waseJapan noma u-Apple odalule ukuthi yini ezothuthukiswa edolobheni lasethekwini laseJapan nokuthi idivayisi izosetshenziselwa ini. Ku-Abe, nokho, ukufika kuka-Apple kuhambisana nenkulumo yakhe yezepolitiki emkhankasweni, lapho esebenzisa leli qiniso ukuxhasa i-ajenda yakhe yezomnotho. Njengengxenye yayo, isibonelo, imali yaseJapane yaba buthaka, okwenza izwe lifinyeleleke kalula kubatshalizimali bakwamanye amazwe.
"Izinkampani zakwamanye amazwe seziqalile ukutshala imali eJapan," kuqhosha u-Abe, futhi ukholelwa ukuthi ukufika kwenkampani ebaluleke kakhulu njengamanje emakethe yamasheya yaseMelika kuzomsiza ngabavoti. I-Japan ingenye yezimakethe ezinenzuzo kakhulu ye-Apple, ngokusho kwe-Kantar Group, i-iPhone yayinesabelo se-48% semakethe yama-smartphone ngo-Okthoba futhi ibuswa ngokucacile.
