Japan: Japan Fair Trade Commission and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry closes consultation on draft order for Enforcement Regulations of Act on Promotion of Competition Pertaining to Specified Software Used on Smartphones

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Japan Fair Trade Commission and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry closes consultation on draft order for Enforcement Regulations of Act on Promotion of Competition Pertaining to Specified Software Used on Smartphones

On 13 June 2025, the Japan Fair Trade Commission and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry closes the public consultation on a draft order for Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Promotion of Competition Pertaining to Specified Software Used…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
technological consumer goods, software provider: app stores, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2025-05-15
in consultation

On 15 May 2025, the Japan Fair Trade Commission and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry opened …

2025-06-13
processing consultation

On 13 June 2025, the Japan Fair Trade Commission and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry cl…

2025-07-29
adopted

On 29 July 2025, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (FTC) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indus…

2025-12-18
in force

On 18 December 2025, the amendments to the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Promotion of Compe…