By Sachiko Sakamaki ( June 30, 2026, 06:30 GMT | Insight) -- Japanese supermarket chain Feel settled an antitrust probe on Tuesday after Japan's antitrust agency approved its commitment plan, including refunds totaling 112 million yen ($690,000) to about 350 suppliers. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said Nagoya-based Feel asked suppliers to send their employees to work at its sore openings and renovations but did not pay their labor costs, conduct that could amount to an abuse of a superior bargaining position under the Antimonopoly Act.Japanese supermarket chain Feel settled an antitrust probe on Tuesday after Japan's antitrust agency approved its commitment plan, including refunds totaling 112 million yen ($690,000) to about 350 suppliers. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said Nagoya-based Feel asked suppliers to dispatch employees to its store openings and renovations but did not pay their labor costs, conduct that could constitute an abuse of a superior bargaining position under the Antimonopoly Act....
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