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Hiroo Iwanari to become top bureaucrat at Japan Fair Trade Commission from July

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( June 24, 2025, 03:53 GMT | Insight) -- The Japan Fair Trade Commission announced today that Hiroo Iwanari will become the top bureaucrat to lead the antitrust agency. Iwanari will take over as Secretary General of the JFTC on July 1, succeeding Tetsuya Fujimoto, who is stepping down. The Cabinet today also approved new top officials to lead the JFTC’s General Secretariat. The Japan Fair Trade Commission announced today that Hiroo Iwanari will become the top bureaucrat to lead the antitrust agency. Iwanari will take over as Secretary General of the JFTC on July 1, succeeding Tetsuya Fujimoto, who is stepping down....

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