Tim Cook relayed concern over app store curbs to Japan PM: sources

Apple woos Tokyo as antitrust pressure builds in the West

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Apple CEO Tim Cook at company headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple does not allow downloads of iPhone apps from outside its official App Store. © Reuters

TAKESHI SHIRAISHI and SATSUKI KANEKO, Nikkei staff writers

PALO ALTO, U.S./TOKYO -- Apple CEO Tim Cook urged Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to consider user protections when regulating smartphone app distribution during a mid-December meeting, Nikkei has learned, as the tech giant faces growing pressure to open up to third-party app stores.

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