Apple Computer Inc is teaming up with trading house Uchida Yoko Co Ltd to expand its business with Japanese schools, Reuter reports from Tokyo: Uchida, which specialises in office equipment and school supplies, aims to sell 3,000 Macintosh personal computers to schools in the year from July, taking advantage of the fact that in Japan’s supplementary budget unveiled in April, the government plans to increase spending on computers for schools and other public bodies – it is expected that $1,800m will be devoted to buying over 300,000 machines for schools by 1996, with NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd, the latter with its FM Towns multimedia box seen as the main beneficiaries.
