Fair Trade Commission
公正取引委員会
Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai

Office building of Japanese Fair Trade Commission (Right)
Commission overview
FormedJuly 1, 1947 (1947-07-01)
Jurisdiction Japan
Headquarters1-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Employees924
Annual budget\11,131,984,000 (FY2023)
Commission executives
  • Kazuyuki Furuya, Chairman
  • Takashi Yamamoto, Commissioner
  • Akiko Mimura, Commissioner
  • Reiko Aoki, Commissioner
  • Yasushi Yoshida, Commissioner
Parent CommissionCabinet Office
WebsiteFair Trade Commission (Japan) (in English)

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (公正取引委員会, Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai, JFTC) 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 Kōtori (公取) or Kōtorii (公取委).

Actions

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]

Members of the Commission

Current members of the JFTC

Name[2] Term began
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "公正取引委員会、マイクロソフトへの勧告内容をPDFファイルで公開". Impress PC watch. 1998-11-24. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. ↑ "List of Members of the Commission and Executives of the General Secretariat". Japan Fair Trade Commission. 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-09-15.


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