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Amazon Japan's new assessments of seller accounts helped to reduce account closures, company tells METI

( September 11, 2024, 02:19 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Amazon Japan said today that a new mechanism has improved transparency about account soundness and has helped a higher proportion of third-party sellers avoid account closures, in a presentation to the industry ministry, which is monitoring large platform-operators' compliance with Japan’s platform-to-business law. When a seller violates laws or Amazon's internal rules by items on sales, the seller's account-soundness status moves from green to yellow, and then red, the company said. The e-commerce giant also told the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that it had improved its accountability regarding fee structures by disclosing guidelines on handling fee categories in May. The statement, in Japanese, is attached....

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