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Japan's Iwanari prepares JFTC to implement new laws with focus on AI competition

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( July 1, 2025, 07:29 GMT | Insight) -- The new top bureaucrat at the Japan Fair Trade Commission told reporters today that he is determined to ensure the regulator smoothly implements the upcoming smartphone-software competition law and the amended subcontract law. In his first press conference, Hiroo Iwanari, the new secretary general at the JFTC, said that he will also closely monitor the development of artificial intelligence to maintain competitive environments around innovative technologies.The new top bureaucrat at the Japan Fair Trade Commission, or JFTC, told reporters today that he is determined to ensure the regulator smoothly implements the upcoming smartphone-software competition law and the amended subcontract law....

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