Japan antitrust regulator grapples with Big Tech compliance-culture gap
By Sachiko Sakamaki and Anna Ferrari ( June 4, 2026, 03:52 GMT | Insight) -- A Japanese competition official said at a recent global digital competition seminar that Japan’s regulator is struggling to secure compliance from Big Tech companies under the newly introduced Mobile Software Competition Act, partly because of differences in compliance cultures between Japanese and US companies.A Japanese competition official said at a recent global digital competition seminar that Japan’s regulator is struggling to secure compliance from Big Tech companies under the newly introduced Mobile Software Competition Act, or MSCA, partly because of differences in compliance cultures between Japanese and US companies....
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