japan antitrust

Microsoft's Japanese arm says it is “fully cooperating” with the Japan Fair Trade Commission after investigators executed an on‑site inspection of Microsoft Japan’s Tokyo offices as part of a probe into whether the company’s cloud‑related licensing and commercial practices steered customers...

Japan’s competition watchdog executed an on-site inspection of Microsoft Japan’s Tokyo offices on February 25, 2026, initiating a formal probe into whether the company’s local unit steered corporate customers toward Microsoft Azure by making Microsoft software harder or more expensive to run on...

Japan’s competition enforcers have executed an on-site inspection of Microsoft’s Japanese offices after local media and international reporting said the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) is investigating whether Microsoft improperly limited customers’ ability to run Microsoft software on rival...