Japan's anti-monopoly body orders Google to fix ad search limits affecting Yahoo
by Japan Today
Japan Today— Japan’s antitrust watchdog said Monday that U.S. search giant Google must fix its advertising search restrictions affecting Yahoo in Japan. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said in a statement that its recent study of Google’s practices showed it was undermining fair competition in the advertising market. Yahoo Japan Corp., which
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