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The tag 'japan jftc' covers the Japan Fair Trade Commission's antitrust investigation into Microsoft's cloud licensing practices. Recent content details a dawn raid on Microsoft's Japanese offices, probing whether contractual restrictions on running Microsoft software (Windows, Microsoft 365) on rival clouds like AWS and Google Cloud unfairly favor Azure. The JFTC is examining potential anti-competitive behavior in Japan's cloud market, with implications for enterprise IT and competition law. Discussions focus on licensing ties, market dominance, and regulatory scrutiny of big tech in Japan.
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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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