* For more information, please visit our Japanese website.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission today published the “Market Study Report on the Electric Power Sector–Focusing on Power Generation and Retail.” ** For more information, please visit our Japanese ...

A ride-hailing application provides a service that matches passengers—the demand side of passenger transportation services—with taxis and Japan’s ride-hailing vehicles on the supply side, which are ...

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (hereinafter, “JFTC”), on 21st of April, 2025, in Tokyo, concluded Memorandum on Cooperation (hereinafter, “MoC”) with the Bangladesh Competition Commission ...

※一般的にフリーランスと呼ばれる方には、「従業員を使用している」「消費者を相手に取引をしている」といった方が含まれる場合もありますが、この法律における「フリーランス」には ...

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “JFTC”) today issued a cease and desist order against Google LLC pursuant to the provisions of the Antimonopoly Act (hereinafter ...

Any enterprises are prohibited from restraining competition in conjunction with other enterprises. There are many cases where several enterprises execute agreements for product prices and volumes in ...

Concerns have emerged about influential digital platform companies aggressively entering new markets that complement the activities in their main business domains, to strengthen their market positions ...

MATSUSHIMA, Noriaki (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University and Director of the Competition Policy Research Center) UEDA, Shintaro (Deputy Director, Economic Analysis ...