Japan: Act on Promoting Competition Regarding Specific Software Used in Smartphones including interoperability requirement entered into force
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Act on Promoting Competition Regarding Specific Software Used in Smartphones including interoperability requirement entered into force
On 18 December 2025, the Act on Promoting Competition Regarding Specific Software Used in Smartphones entered into force. The Act includes interoperability requirements for providers of specific software used in smartphones, including cloud computin…
Scope
Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Interoperability requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores, search service provider, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2024-04-26
under deliberation
2024-05-23
under deliberation
2024-06-12
adopted
2024-06-19
in grace period