Japan finds widespread subcontracting problems in advertising industry
By Genta Nakanishi ( June 30, 2026, 06:19 GMT | Insight) -- Japan's antitrust and small business regulators found widespread contracting practices in the advertising industry that fail to comply with the country's revised subcontracting law after completing an industry-wide compliance survey that resulted in administrative guidance for 71 companies. The advertising industry was the third sector examined under the authorities' concentrated compliance survey program.Japan's antitrust and small business regulators have found widespread contracting practices in the advertising industry that fail to comply with the country's revised subcontracting law after completing an industry-wide compliance survey that resulted in administrative guidance for 71 companies....
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