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Japan's Fair Trade Commission Suspects Amazon Japan of Pressuring Sellers to Offer Lower Prices Than Competing Sites – Mainichi.
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The reported antitrust concern centers on whether Amazon Japan’s practices effectively require sellers to match or undercut prices elsewhere, potentially limiting sellers’ pricing freedom across marketplaces. The case matters because Japan is a major market for Amazon and pricing-parity scrutiny has become a global flashpoint for platform regulation. What to watch next is whether the commission escalates from suspicion to a formal investigation or administrative action, and whether Amazon Japan adjusts seller terms in response.
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