Progress
Current status
concluded
09 Feb 2023concluded
Scope
Implementers
Japan
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Adopted JFTC Report on Mobile OS and Mobile App Distribution
On 9 February 2023, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) published and adopted a report on the findings of its Mobile OS and Mobile App Distribution Market Survey. The Commission finds that Apple and Google constitute a duopoly and exhibit unilate…
Event typeinquiry
Action typeclosure
Government branchexecutive
Government bodycompetition authority