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Hino-Mitsubishi Fuso clearance will test Japan's post-merger monitoring framework

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( March 19, 2026, 07:43 GMT | Comment) -- Japan’s conditional clearance of the planned merger between Daimler’s Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus and Toyota’s Hino Motors marks one of the most complex remedy packages in recent merger control, relying predominantly on behavioral measures. Despite reducing the number of major players in Japan’s truck and bus market from three to two, the Japan Fair Trade Commission approved the deal subject mainly to conduct remedies — creating what could become an unprecedented compliance and monitoring challenge for the authority.Japan’s conditional clearance of the planned merger between Daimler’s Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus and Toyota’s Hino Motors marks one of the most complex remedy packages in recent merger control, relying predominantly on behavioral measures....

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