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JFTC Chairman Furuya reappointed to lead Japan's antitrust agency

By Toko Sekiguchi ( February 8, 2023, 04:08 GMT | Insight) -- Japan's top antitrust official, Kazuyuki Furuya, won his second term to lead the country’s antitrust regulator today after the upper house of the country's parliament voted to approve his candidacy. The 67-year-old Furuya was first appointed as chairman of the Japan Fair Trade Commission in September 2020 to replace his predecessor Kazuyuki Sugimoto, who stepped down when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.Japan’s head of competition, Kazuyuki Furuya won his second term to lead the country’s antitrust regulator today after the upper house lawmakers voted to approve his candidacy....

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