Japan: Japan Fair Trade Commission investigation into Amazon Japan regarding alleged abuse of a superior bargaining position

Progress

Current status
concluded
10 Sep 2020 concluded
10 Jul 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Japan
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

10 Sep 2020
concluded

Closing of investigation into Amazon for alleged abuse of a superior bargaining position

On 10 September 2020, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) closed its investigation into Amazon Japan for the alleged abuse of a superior position and suspected violation of Article 19 of the Antimonopoly Act. JFTC closed the investigation by acce…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
10 Jul 2020
under deliberation

Opened investigation into Amazon for alleged abuse of a superior bargaining position

On 10 July 2020, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) opened an investigation into Amazon Japan for the alleged abuse of a superior position and suspected violation of Article 19 of the Antimonopoly Act. Specifically, Amazon Japan is alleged to ha…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority