JFTC updates emergency-response Q&As after Kumamoto quake
( July 30, 2026, 03:42 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday updated its questions and answers on competition-law issues arising from emergency responses, following Monday's major earthquake in Kumamoto, which disrupted business activities across the region. The guidance says that the agency will closely monitor any cartels or other illegal agreements to raise prices of daily necessities, while explaining the conditions under which cooperation and coordination to ensure continued production and supplies of goods are permissible under the Antimonopoly Act and the SME Transactions Act, which regulates subcontracting relationships.The statement follows (in Japanese). ...
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