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Organisation: Japan Fair Trade Commission

Japan: Settlements

Featured in Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2022

Recent amendments to Japanʼs Anti-Monopoly Act gave the Japan Fair Trade Commission powers to formally accept voluntary commitments from companies suspected of having infringed the law.

25 March 2022

Japan: Antitrust Litigation

Featured in Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2022

In Japan, the number of private antitrust cases has been increasing recently, but court judgments have dismissed plaintiffs’ damage claims due to parties’ agreements on exclusive jurisdictions of foreign courts.

25 March 2022

Japan: Cartels

Featured in Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2022

Cartel regulation in Japan continues to evolve, particularly following the recent amendment to the country's Anti-Monopoly Act in 2019.

25 March 2022

Japan: Overview

Featured in Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2022

From February 2021 to January 2022, the Japan Fair Trade Commission continued to take enforcement action against cartel conduct and vertical restraints.

25 March 2022

Japan: Merger Control

Featured in Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2022

Under the Anti-Monopoly Act, the Japan Fair Trade Commission continues to employ its jurisdiction over merger control enforcement.

25 March 2022

The Intersection of Competition Law and Data Privacy in APAC

Featured in Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2022

The interplay between competition law and data privacy law in the Asia-Pacific region leads to crucial legislation, enforcement, litigation and mergers developments.

25 March 2022

Japan Overview

Featured in Private Litigation Guide - Third Edition

In recent years, Japan's level of private antitrust litigation activity has increased, along with the number of cases in which claimants have successfully sought injunctive relief and damages.

22 November 2021

Japan: Merger Remedies

Featured in Merger Remedies Guide - Fourth Edition

The Japanese approach to remedies has some specificities, but there is a lot of consistency with strategies employed in the European Union and the United States.

08 November 2021

Japan

Featured in The Settlements Guide - First Edition

Following EU competition law, two different procedures – settlement and commitment – have been considered in Japan (especially in recent law-making discussions among practitioners and academics) as administrative procedures to resolve competition concerns by voluntary agreement between the competition authority and enterprises under investigation. Currently, however, only commitment procedures are utilised in Japan.

02 February 2021

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