Agency Name: | Fair Trade Commission |
Nativename: | Japanese: 公正取引委員会 |
Nativename R: | Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai |
Type: | Commission |
Seal: | Go-shichi_no_kiri_crest.svg |
Picture Width: | 250px |
Picture Caption: | Office building of Japanese Fair Trade Commission (Right) |
Headquarters: | 1-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Employees: | 924 |
Budget: | \11,131,984,000 (FY2023) |
Chief1 Name: | Kazuyuki Furuya |
Chief1 Position: | Chairman |
Chief2 Name: | Takashi Yamamoto |
Chief2 Position: | Commissioner |
Chief3 Name: | Akiko Mimura |
Chief3 Position: | Commissioner |
Chief4 Name: | Reiko Aoki |
Chief4 Position: | Commissioner |
Chief5 Name: | Yasushi Yoshida |
Chief5 Position: | Commissioner |
Parent Agency: | Cabinet Office |
Website: | Fair Trade Commission (Japan) |
The is the competition regulator in Japan. It is a commission of the Japanese government responsible for regulating economic competition, as well as enforcement of the Antimonopoly Act. Headed by a chairman, the commission is commonly known as or .
On July 13, 2004, the commission asked Microsoft to remove a clause which it thinks is hurting activities of Japanese companies getting licenses of Microsoft Windows from Microsoft. Microsoft had previously faced another action from the JFTC when Japanese manufacturers were forced to include Microsoft Word on new systems instead of homegrown word processor software Ichitaro.[1]
Name[2] | Term began | |
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Chair | Kazuyuki Furuya | September 12, 2020 |
Commissioner | Takashi Yamamoto | April 1, 2014 |
Akiko Mimura | February 26, 2016 | |
Reiko Aoki | November 21, 2016 | |
Yasushi Yoshida | July 1, 2022 |