Japan nhasi ndiyo nyika yechitatu inogadzira mari yakawanda kwazvo muhomwe dzaApple. Mumwedzi ichangopfuura, nhau dzakaburitswa dzakanangana nemaitiro ekambani munyika, maitiro ayo rave rava kufarira chikuva chevaJapan.
Komisheni yeantitrust yakapomera Apple mavhiki mashoma apfuura e kumanikidza vatakuri kutengesa iyo iPhone pazasi pemutengo, izvo zvakaguma nemutengo unodhura wakabatana wevashandisi, kuitira kuti vafambisi vagone kuwana chikamu chemari yavakarasikirwa nekuda kwechimiro ichi kubva kuApple kana vachida kuenderera vachitengesa zviteshi zvavo. Dambudziko rave kuwanikwa muApp Store.
Gore rakapera Yahoo Japan yakatanga Game Plus, chikuva chaunogona kuwana hombe mitambo inoitirwa muHTML 5, yaunogona tamba usina kudhanilodha chero nguva, isu tinongofanirwa kuvamhanyisa neiyo inoenderana browser. Zvirongwa zveYahoo zvekuJapan zvaive zvekuwedzera sevhisi iyi neimwe kwataizowana zvekushandisa zvekushandisa, zvinoshandiswa zvaizove zvakagadzirwa neHTML 5 kuitira kuti zvisazodiwa chero nguva kuti uzviise pasi. Zviripachena, Apple haina kuseka uye yakatanga kumanikidza Yahoo.
Sezvo tichigona kuverenga mubhuku reNikkei, makambani makumi mashanu nemaviri akapinda mukuburitswa kweMutambo Plus, pakati pazvo patinogona kuwana Square Enix neYahoo, asi nguva pfupi yapfuura zvinoita kunge yakamira kuisa mari papuratifomu, nekuda kwesimba raive kugamuchira kubva kuApple, sezvo iyi chikuva yaive imwe nzira yakajeka kuApp Store. Sekureva kweJapan Fair Trade Commission, mutumbi uri kuunganidza ruzivo nezvechinetso ichi, chiito cheApple chingave chinokanganisa bhizinesi reYahoo uye chinorambidzwa nemitemo yekudzvinyirira.