On December 22, 2017, the Japanese Cabinet approved the 2018 Tax Reform Proposal.

Steptoe specializes in supporting Japanese clients and, with guidance from Japanese law firms, assisting global companies with legal matters in Japan.

On May 27, 2020, the Japanese parliament passed the "Act on Improvement of Transparency and Fairness in Trading on Specified Digital Platforms

In June 2017, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) issued its conclusion on an earlier market study on liquefied natural gas (LNG) resale restrictions and cautioned that ...

今日、競争当局の捜査（調査）（以下、「捜査」へ統一します。）は、事前連絡なしに行われることがますます増えており、会社や個人の

On June 1, 2023, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (the "JFTC") published "Processing Status of Cases in Violation of the AMA in FY2022". As the impact of COVID-19 pandemic subsided...

2017年12月12日に、テレビ用ブラウン管の国際カルテルに関する最高裁判所の判決が出されました1。この事件は、国際カルテルに関して、公取委

On 20 April 2023 the EC adopted a new legislative package aimed at further simplifying its procedures for reviewing transactions under the European Merger Control Regulation (EUMR) (Merger Simplification Package).

M&A volume in Japan have been on the rise in recent years. In addition to traditional acquisitions of mature companies and businesses, M&A transactions involving platformers, AI companies, and other tech-related ...

2023年6月7日、「不正競争防止法等...

In a judgment issued on October 31, 2016, the Intellectual Property High Court rejected the Plaintiff's claim that the Defendant's use of a similar food package constitutes unfair competition.

On May 23rd, the Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") requested that the Public Prosecutors Office ("PPO") initiate criminal investigations of eight leading Japanese bridge construction companies, which the JFTC believes have committed bid-rigging in bridge constructions ordered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The digital economy in Japan has grown at a dramatic rate in recent years. The growth in Japan's data economy has led to a marked rise in the number of mergers...

On February 27, 2009, a Bill to extend and amend Japan’s Anti-Monopoly Act (the “AMA”) was submitted to the Japanese Diet.

In relation to the ongoing COVID-19 breakout, the following points should be kept in mind under the Japan Antimonopoly Act ("AMA").

Japan's Study Group on Competition Policy in Digital Markets (Study Group) recently published a Report on Algorithms/AI and Competition Policy to assist the Japan Fair Trade Commission with competition issues in the digital sector.

This article provides an overview of the merger control landscape in Japan, including information on thresholds for notifcation, safe harbours and foreignto- foreign transactions, among other topics.

On February 17, 2025, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ("MHLW") and the Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") published the Casebook on Antimonopoly Law for Industrial Structural Reform...

Does your jurisdiction use different notification thresholds for transactions in the traditional fields and in the digital economy? If affirmative, explain what the difference is and why.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) recently published a report titled "Survey on Corporate Compliance Efforts with the Antimonopoly Act (Summary)".