By Sachiko Sakamaki ( June 8, 2026, 06:31 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s antitrust watchdog remained active in fiscal 2025, pursuing cartel enforcement amid ongoing inflation and levying larger aggregate fines despite a modest decline in the number of enforcement actions from the previous year. At the same time, challenges to its decisions increased, with 23 appeals against cease-and-desist and other orders pending as of March 31, the highest number in 10 years.Japan’s antitrust watchdog remained active in fiscal 2025, pursuing cartel enforcement amid ongoing inflation and levying larger aggregate fines despite a modest decline in the number of enforcement actions from the previous year. At the same time, challenges to its decisions increased, with 23 appeals against cease-and-desist and other orders pending as of March 31, the highest number in 10 years....
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