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The tag 'japan competition' covers antitrust and regulatory actions by Japanese authorities against Microsoft. Recent content focuses on the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) conducting a dawn raid and on-site inspection of Microsoft's offices. The investigation examines whether Microsoft's licensing practices for Windows and Microsoft 365 unfairly restrict customers from using rival cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud, potentially favoring Azure. This tag is relevant for discussions on Japanese competition law, regulatory probes into big tech, and allegations of anti-competitive cloud licensing tied to Microsoft products.
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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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