By Sachiko Sakamaki ( May 12, 2026, 07:43 GMT | Insight) -- A US-based app developer group, the Coalition for App Fairness, said Tuesday that it is launching activities in Japan as it seeks to globalize campaigns against mobile-platform operators Apple and Google. The group aims to amplify the voices of Japanese app developers, who have often shied away from confronting Big Tech companies, as Japan’s antitrust watchdog enforces a new smartphone law targeting the two companies.A US-based app developer group, the Coalition for App Fairness, said Tuesday that it is launching activities in Japan as it seeks to globalize campaigns against mobile-platform operators Apple and Google. The group aims to amplify the voices of Japanese app developers, who have often shied away from confronting Big Tech companies, as Japan’s antitrust watchdog enforces a new smartphone law targeting the two companies....
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