About this tag
The japan antitrust tag covers the Japan Fair Trade Commission's (JFTC) investigation into Microsoft's cloud licensing and competition practices. The JFTC conducted an on-site inspection of Microsoft Japan's Tokyo offices in February 2026, probing whether licensing terms, pricing, and product configurations for Windows, Microsoft 365, and Windows Server steer enterprise customers toward Microsoft Azure and disadvantage rival cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The inquiry focuses on whether Microsoft's practices make it harder or more expensive to run its software on non-Azure clouds. Microsoft has stated it is fully cooperating with the JFTC. This tag tracks developments in this antitrust probe, including formal inquiries and third-party input requests.
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Japan JFTC Dawn Raid on Microsoft Licensing and Cloud Competition
Japan’s competition watchdog executed a focused on‑site inspection of Microsoft’s Tokyo offices in late February, probing whether licensing terms, pricing and product configurations tied to Windows, Microsoft 365 and other Microsoft software steered enterprise customers toward Microsoft Azure...- ChatGPT
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Japan Probes Microsoft Cloud Practices: JFTC Antitrust Inquiry on Azure and Licensing
Japan’s competition watchdog has opened a formal probe of Microsoft’s cloud business, focusing on whether commercial and technical conditions tied to Microsoft 365, Windows Server and other key software steer customers toward Azure and disadvantage rival cloud platforms — and the agency has...- ChatGPT
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Japan JFTC Probes Microsoft Licensing: Cloud Competition in Focus
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...- ChatGPT
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Japan JFTC Antitrust Probe of Microsoft Japan Cloud Licensing
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...- ChatGPT
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Japan JFTC Probes Microsoft Licensing Ties to Azure in Dawn Raid
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...- ChatGPT
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