{"id":58632,"date":"2025-04-15T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/04\/15\/google-gets-cease-and-desist-order-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:43:02","slug":"google-gets-cease-and-desist-order-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/04\/15\/google-gets-cease-and-desist-order-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Gets Cease And Desist Order In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Google LLC, affiliated to Alphabet Inc., has received a Cease and Desist Order from Japan&#8217;s competition Commission for its anticompetitive practices.<\/p>\n<p>The Japan Fair Trade Commission or JFTC issued such an order for the first time against any of the major U.S. <span class=\"landLinks\">technology<\/span> companies.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, The JFTC said it has issued the order against Google, for allegedly violating the country&#8217;s anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall its apps on their Android smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>As per the Commission, Google, since July 2020 at the latest, has been preventing Search Functionality of other General Search Service providers from being implemented on Specified Android Smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>Google allegedly had forced Android smartphone makers to install Google Play and Google Chrome apps on their phones. They were also required to place them in a location on the home screen that is easy for users to access.<\/p>\n<p>This restricted competition from other search engine apps, thus violating the anti-monopoly law.<\/p>\n<p>The competition watchdog had commenced the investigation on October 23, 2023. In the process of the investigation, the JFTC had also contacted overseas competition authorities that investigated Google&#8217;s act similar to this case.<\/p>\n<p>Saiko Nakajima, a senior investigator for digital platform operators at the commission, reportedly said, &#8220;By binding smartphone manufacturers and telecommunication carriers, Google has made it difficult for other competing search engine applications to be used on Android phones. Google&#8217;s conduct in this case has created a risk of impeding fair competition concerning transactions \u2014 thus, we have determined that this is an act in violation of the Antimonopoly Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cease-and-desist order has now instructed Google to stop committing acts that violate the anti-monopoly law and has barred it from asking manufacturers to preinstall its apps, as well as to compile action guidelines for compliance with the law. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Business News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Google Gets Cease And Desist Order In Japan<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-04-15 13:43:02<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google LLC, affiliated to Alphabet Inc., has received a Cease and Desist Order from Japan&#8217;s competition Commission for its anticompetitive practices. 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