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Japan Antitrust Watchdog to Add New Bureau to Tackle Big Tech
◆ Published
23 July 2026
◆ Topic
regulatory
◆ Geography
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Japan's Fair Trade Commission is creating a new bureau dedicated to Big Tech oversight for the first time in 30 years, splitting its Economic Affairs Bureau to form a three-bureau structure and upgrading regional offices to intensify enforcement against unlawful practices.
◆ The Wire takeaway
Japan just turned antitrust enforcement into a full-time job for Big Tech. If you're selling into Japan or competing against US tech giants there, your customer agreements and pricing are about to face harder scrutiny—and that's a gate that opens for local and foreign challengers with clean hands.
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◆ Topics
antitrust-enforcement · big-tech-regulation · japan-ftc · market-access · compliance-shift