By Toko Sekiguchi ( May 27, 2025, 07:01 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s antitrust watchdog raided six fuel retailers, including Eneos Wing and Usami Koyu, over suspected diesel price-fixing that could undermine government fuel subsidies and harm the trucking sector amid soaring fuel costs. Japan’s Fair Trade Commission also raided Taiyo Koyu, Enex Fleet, Kitaseki, and Yoshida Sekiyuten as it investigated allegations of a diesel-fuel cartel in Kanagawa prefecture, which is part of the larger Tokyo metropolitan area.Eneos Wing and Usami Koyu were among six petroleum sellers raided today by Japan’s antitrust regulator over suspected price-fixing of diesel fuel sold to road-freight companies....
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