Axinn partners Mike Keeley and Jackie Lem and counsel Carol Liu recently traveled to Japan to visit clients and partner law firms. In this post, they highlight the latest developments in Japan's competition law.

The Japanese Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) on June 28, 2017 issued its much-anticipated report into the state of the market for contracted long term LNG supplies into Japan‎ (available here).

Japan, the world's biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas ("LNG"), is currently investigating the potential anticompetitive effects of territorial restrictions in LNG supply contracts.

Contracts for the sale of LNG traditionally limit the ability of the liquefied natural gas buyer to freely resell the cargoes acquired under the contract.

This alert summarizes several legislative updates that have potentially far-reaching privacy implications for tech companies doing business in Japan.

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In July 2016, the Market Abuse Regulation of the EU came into effect. MAR extends the scope of the Market Abuse Directive, the predecessor legislation which it replaces, . . .

On June 30, 2005, the Japan Fair Trade Commission published for public comment four draft rules implementing the new Anti Monopoly Act, which was enacted on April 20, 2005. The deadline for submission of comments is August 3, 2005.

In recent times, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has turned its attention to enforcement against domestic cartels. In July 2019...

A bill to amend Japan’s Anti Monopoly Act, which had been long pending at the Japanese Diet, was finally passed on April 20, 2005. The amendments significantly expand the antitrust investigation and enforcement authority of the Fair Trade Commission of Japan ("JFTC") by effecting four significant changes in Japanese competition law:

As part of an ongoing effort by the Japanese government to promote economic growth through open innovation, late last year, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) and Ministry of Economy...

On 10 September 2023, European Commission's (EC) DG Competition made public its approach to sustainability in EU merger control from various angles including market definition, competitive...

The European Commission recently published the much anticipated preliminary report in its e-commerce sector inquiry.

In this episode of Winston & Strawn's Competition Corner Podcast, Attorney Kevin Goldstein speaks with Tomonori Maezawa, a visiting attorney from Nishimura & Asahi in Tokyo, about hot topics in Japanese...

Japan, the world's biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is currently investigating the potential anticompetitive effects of territorial restrictions in LNG supply contracts.

This blog is part of our Spotlight on Japan series, featuring blogs written by our current Japanese legal trainees—bengoshi who have completed U.S. LLM programs and are now training...

Within just over a year of the FSR coming into force, the EC has published a Staff Working Document ("SWD") consisting of questions and answers on certain key aspects of the FSR on 26 July 2024.

On May 31, 2004, the Fair Trade Commission of Japan (the "JFTC") published new "Guidelines on the Application of the Anti Monopoly Act to Reviewing Business Combination" (<I>Kigyo Ketsugo Shinsa ni Kansuru Dokusenkinshiho no Unyou Shishin</I>) ("New Guidelines").