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Japan's Rakuten Group faces new lawsuit by online-store operator, amid ongoing antitrust probe

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( November 11, 2021, 07:38 GMT | Insight) -- Rakuten Group faces a fresh lawsuit from an operator of an online store on its marketplace Rakuten Ichiba that claims it was forced to close the store, demanding that it be restored, MLex has learned. The legal battle highlights the allegedly unfair practices toward the merchants of Japan's top online-mall operator, at a time when the country's competition enforcer continues to investigate Rakuten’s suspected antitrust violations. Rakuten Group faces a fresh lawsuit from an operator of an online store on its marketplace Rakuten Ichiba that claims it was forced to close the store, demanding that it be restored, MLex has learned. The legal battle highlights the allegedly unfair practices toward the merchants of Japan's top online-mall operator, at a time when the country's competition enforcer continues to investigate Rakuten’s suspected antitrust violations....

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