Apple is facing antitrust scrutiny in a number of countries around the world, among them the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia, and South Korea. Japan is now joining the list.
The new head of the country’s antitrust regulator has said that the country is ready to play its part in responding to anti-competitive behavior by any of the so-called GAFA companies …
Reuters reports.
Japan is laying the groundwork to regulate platform operators. Among them are big tech giants dubbed “GAFA” – Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook – that face various antitrust probes in western nations.
Multinational companies like GAFA have similar business practices across the globe, which makes global coordination crucial, said Kazuyuki Furuya, chairman of Japan’s Fair Trade Commission.
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