March 10, 2026
Tokyo Authorities Raid Eneos Wing Office in Expanding Gas Oil...

Investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors’ Office and Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) searched the Tokyo branch of oil distributor Eneos Wing on Thursday as part of an ongoing...

March 05, 2026
OpenAI Accused in Chicago Lawsuit of Acting as Unlicensed Legal...

Nippon Life Insurance Company of America has filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT chatbot, of practicing law without a license and assisting a former disability claimant...

March 04, 2026
Google Revamps Android App Store Rules, Cuts Fees Amid Global...

Alphabet’s Google announced a sweeping overhaul of how apps are distributed on Android devices, introducing measures designed to give competitors easier access to the platform while reducing fees for developers....

March 03, 2026
PayPay Aims to Raise $1.1 Billion in US IPO

PayPay reportedly hopes to raise up to $1.1 billion when it goes public. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

February 26, 2026
Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

Tools for Humanity, the iris-scanning company co-founded by Sam Altman, is partnering with well-known brands to promote its World ID, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Feb. 26). Get the...

February 26, 2026
Microsoft Says It Is Cooperating With Japan Antitrust Probe Into...

Microsoft Corp. is complying with Japan’s competition authorities as they examine the company’s cloud business practices, the head of its Japanese unit said, amid scrutiny over whether its Azure platform...

February 26, 2026
Online Consumer Protection: Some Perspectives from Law and Economics

This essay traces the evolution of online consumer protection from the opening of the Internet to commerce in the mid-1990s through to the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, arguing that...

February 25, 2026
Japan Steps Up Tech Oversight With Microsoft Cloud Probe

Japan’s competition watchdog has carried out an on-site inspection of Microsoft’s Japanese subsidiary amid suspicions of antitrust violations, according to The Japan Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

February 19, 2026
Market Power and Governance Power: New Tools for Antitrust Enforcement...

This Article advances a new framework for digital-age antitrust enforcement by integrating measures of market concentration (such as the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index) with novel metrics of governance concentration (the Nakamoto coefficient...