Japan's Oji Container receives JFTC corrective recommendation for unpaid storage
By Genta Nakanishi ( October 22, 2026, 06:30 GMT | Insight) -- Japanese packaging company Oji Container received a corrective recommendation Thursday from the country's antitrust watchdog for requiring 140 subcontractors to store 9,610 printing plates and other production tools without compensation. The regulator also called on the corrugated cardboard industry to review the practice following a similar enforcement action in March.Japanese packaging company Oji Container received a corrective recommendation Thursday from the country's antitrust watchdog for violating the former Subcontract Act's prohibition on requesting unfair economic benefits by requiring 140 subcontractors to store 9,610 printing plates and other production tools without compensation....
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