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Comment: Korean Air-Asiana deal suggests monitoring trustees may become a part of Japanese regulator's toolbox

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( February 28, 2024, 03:16 GMT | Comment) -- With Japanese companies turning to mergers and acquisitions to fend off challenges associated with a shrinking population and industrial transformations, the recent experience of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines in securing regulatory approval for their deal may offer insight into what lies ahead. The Japan Fair Trade Commission agreed to the appointment of a monitoring trustee to oversee passenger and cargo flights between Japan and South Korea — a decision suggesting that third-party involvement in enforcement remedies may now become relevant to domestic dealmakers.The growing number of Japanese companies turning to mergers and acquisitions to survive and thrive in an era of a shrinking population and industrial transformations would do well to absorb the lesson of how Korean Air and Asiana Airlines won approval for their deal....

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