Domestically, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”) is often envisioned as a brigade of black-suited bureaucrats shuffling into corporate offices, lugging cardboard boxes for cartel raids. Naturally, companies have been hesitant to engage, but tides are shifting. In June of last year, Japan’s parliament passed the Smartphone Software Competition Promotion Act, also known as the Mobile Software Competition Act, with overwhelming support. The Commission is now working at peak capacity to
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