Japanese publishers Kadokawa, Heritage face corrective action for freelancer treatment
By Genta Nakanishi ( June 11, 2026, 06:31 GMT | Insight) -- Japanese publishers Kadokawa and Heritage received corrective recommendations on Thursday from Japan’s competition authority for violating the freelance worker protection law. Both cases illustrate persistent practices in the publishing industry, where freelancers are commissioned through verbal work orders rather than formal contracts.Japanese publishers Kadokawa and Heritage received corrective recommendations from Japan’s competition authority on Thursday for violating a law protecting freelance workers....
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