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Japan baseball league in antitrust investigation for pressuring TV station

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( April 30, 2025, 06:11 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s top professional baseball league, the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization is being investigated for a suspected antitrust violation by Japan's competition regulator for revoking press passes for Fuji Television Network in retaliation for the network airing a game from a rival baseball league at the same time as a Japan Series game. The organization may have unfairly pressured Fuji TV not to trade with the US' Major League Baseball, in violation of the Antimonopoly Act. Japan’s top professional baseball league Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, is being investigated for a suspected antitrust violation by Japan's competition regulator for revoking press passes for Fuji Television Network in retaliation for the network airing a game from a rival baseball league at the same time as a Japan Series game....

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