TOKYO — Japan's competition watchdog said on Monday (Oct 23) it has started investigating Google for a possible breach of anti-monopoly laws in web search services, following similar steps by authorities in Europe and other major economies.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission said it was investigating whether Google violated Japan's Antimonopoly Act by returning part of its revenue to Android smartphone makers on the condition they not install rival search engines.
"There is suspicion that through these steps it is excluding competitors' business activity and restricting its business partners' business activity in the search services market," a JFTC official told a press conference.
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