{"id":150697,"date":"2022-12-14T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T07:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=150697&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-12-16T09:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:08:49","slug":"apple-ceo-tim-cook-visits-sony-kumamoto-factory","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/apple-ceo-tim-cook-visits-sony-kumamoto-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Kumamoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sony Group announced on December 13 that Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., visited Sony&#8217;s factory in Kumamoto Prefecture on the same day during his visit to Japan. Sony Group is Apple&#8217;s largest supplier in Japan and has been supplying image sensors for the iPhone camera since 2011. He visited Sony Semiconductor Solutions&#8217; Kumamoto Technology Center, the main production site for image sensors. CEO Cook toured the center and observed a demonstration of the 48-megapixel image sensor developed by Sony for the main camera of the latest iPhone model, the iPhone 14 Pro. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOUC135XY0T11C22A2000000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_cook\/status\/1602278711415304193\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Cook official Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150674\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fnn_tim-cook-kumamoto_2022_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Sony Kumamoto Factory\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fnn_tim-cook-kumamoto_2022_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fnn_tim-cook-kumamoto_2022_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fnn_tim-cook-kumamoto_2022_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C812&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fnn_tim-cook-kumamoto_2022_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C609&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_cook\/status\/1602278711415304193\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Cook official Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. 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