Japan's competition watchdog said on Monday (Oct 23) that it was investigating Google for a possible breach of antimonopoly laws in web search services. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the Japan Fair Trade Commission said it was probing whether Google violated Japan's Antimonopoly Act by returning part of its revenue to Android smartphone makers on the condition that they do not install rival search engines.

Japanese watchdog probes Google for possible anti-monopoly law breach in web search

The online giant is suspected of forcing retailers to sell products at lower price if they were advertising on other online shopping sites

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Japanese watchdog probes Google for possible anti-monopoly law breach in web search

Amazon Japan raided over antitrust practices: Nikkei