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Comment: Z Holdings-LINE's conditional clearance shows new JFTC approach to digital deals

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( August 7, 2020, 07:20 GMT | Comment) -- In the high-profile digital-platform merger between Z Holding, which owns Yahoo Japan, and social media giant LINE, Japan's antitrust regulator adopted a new approach that has attracted attention for its possible application to future deals. The regulator's requirement for post-merger monitoring and commitment to address future competition concerns may become a precedent for mergers involving fast-moving innovative markets. The merger between Z Holdings, which owns Yahoo Japan, and popular messaging-app LINE was conditionally approved this week (see here), in a move that demonstrated the Japanese regulator's willingness to take a new approach to concerns that may arise in deals involving emerging digital companies. ...

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