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By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada

Oct 20 2020 11:28AM

New head of antitrust watchdog says.

Japan to join forces with US, Europe in regulating big tech firms

Japan will join forces with the United States and Europe to take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech companies, the new head of its antitrust watchdog said, a sign Tokyo will join global efforts to regulate digital platform operators. Kazuyuki Furuya, chairman of Japan's Fair Trade ...

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