By Toko Sekiguchi ( July 29, 2025, 04:31 GMT | Insight) -- The Japan Fair Trade Commission finalized the implementation rules for its new smartphone-software competition law today, keeping the core ex-ante obligations intact while clarifying how the law applies to developer fees, intellectual property and crime-prevention measures, in response to public comments from Apple, Google and domestic stakeholders.The Japan Fair Trade Commission, or JFTC, finalized the implementation rules for its new smartphone-software competition law today, keeping the core ex-ante obligations intact while clarifying how the law applies to developer fees, intellectual property and crime-prevention measures, in response to public comments from Apple, Google and domestic stakeholders....
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