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On March 25, 2022, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”) announced the closure of its investigation against a major US-based tennis racket manufacturer and its sole authorised distributor in Japan, after accepting their proposed commitment plans.
This was also the first enforcement action taken by the JFTC against a foreign supplier in a parallel import case, suggesting that the Commitment Procedure introduced in December 2018 may have helped overcome enforcement challenges in such cases. In the past, the JFTC has targeted only domestic distributors in suspected competition law infringements involving parallel imports.
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New law affecting digital markets in Japan now in effect
A new law that would require greater transparency in transactions involving digital platform operators came into force on 1 February 2021.
The Act for Amendment of the Antimonopoly Act (“Amendment”) was enacted on 19 June 2019, and was promulgated on the 26th of the same month.
JFTC clears merger between Z Holdings Corporation and LNE Corporation
Remarkable digital platform mergers under the JFTC’s revised merger review guidelines.
This update was published on 16 October 2020 as part of our quarterly newsletter, Asia Pacific Competition Highlights. Click here to access the full report, which covers the most notable antitrust developments across 11 Asia Pacific jurisdictions.
In brief The “Act for Amendment of the Antimonopoly Act (“Amendment”) was enacted on June 19, 2019, promulgated on June 26, and, with the exception of some provisions already in force, will come into effect within one year and six months from the date of its promulgation. Under the former…
Our team of over 300 antitrust experts around the world have collaborated to produce a truly innovative Global Merger Analysis Platform (GMAP). GMAP answers 90 detailed questions on merger control law in 120 jurisdictions. It is updated in real time, offering more depth and more legal certainty than existing products…
Introduction A direction of a bill that would require greater transparency in transactions involving operators of digital platforms (tentatively named the Digital Platformer Transaction Transparency Bill) was disclosed during the Digital Market Competition Convention meeting held on 17 December 2019 and submitted for one month of public consultation. Based on…