Tag: Japan
Japanese Watchdog Probes Toho Cinemas
Toho Cinemas, Japan’s largest cinema chain, is under investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission for possible violations of Japan’s antitrust law. According to Variety, the...
Japan’s Nippon Steel To Seek More Merger Deals
Japan's top steelmaker, Nippon Steel Corp, is seeking more merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities to boost its global output capacity to 100 million tonnes,...
Japanese Underpriced IPOs Could Cause Antitrust Concerns
Japan’s competition regulator is expected to warn brokerage houses that undervaluing initial public offerings (IPOs) on the stock exchange could be a violation of...
Japan Looks To Chip Production As Part Of Stimulus Plan
Japan's economic stimulus package will feature a plan to urgently strengthen the chip industry while the government will also formulate a strategy for storage...
Japan Opens New Apple Antitrust Probe
Japan's Fair Trade Commission will investigate whether Apple is leveraging their dominance in the smartphone operating system market to eliminate competition and severely limit options for consumers, reported...
Japan To Probe Apple, Google On Antitrust Concerns
The Japanese government is said to be preparing another antitrust probe into both tech giants Apple and Google, the media reported. Apple has been...
Japan’s Kansai Electric Raided In Antitrust Probe
Japan's Kansai Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power confirmed on Tuesday, April 13, that their offices were raided by antitrust regulators.
Authorities investigated Kansai on...
Japan Could Apply Antitrust Law On Digital Cartels
Japanese authorities could apply the antimonopoly law to online businesses that manipulate product prices via artificial intelligence and automated algorithms, according to a government...
Japan’s SBI In Talks To Set Up Cryptocurrency JV With Foreign...
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings is in talks with foreign financial firms to set up a cryptocurrency joint venture, its chief executive said, as...
Towards a Competition Enabling Framework in Asia Pacific: Opportunities & Challenges...
Below, we have provided the full, Japanese transcript of the panel discussion, Online Advertising, Market Competition, Data and Transparency: Opportunities & Challenges for the...
