Japan's anti-competition watchdog launched an antitrust probe against Google. Japanese authorities are investigating whether Google is paying Android smartphone makers not to install rival search ...

Japanese regulators have launched a probe against Google over alleged antitrust violations – adding another legal headache for the tech giant in the middle of the landmark trial targeting its online ...

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is reportedly planning to or has already sent a cease-and-desist order to Google LLC’s Japan office, accusing Google of breaching Japan’s antimonopoly laws by forcing ...

Japan's competition watchdog on Monday said it is investigating Alphabet-owned Google for alleged antitrust law violations in regards to its search practices on mobile platforms. The Japan Fair Trade ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

A woman walks by a giant screen with a logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) TOKYO (AFP) — ...

FILE - A woman walks by a giant screen with a logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) TOKYO ...

Google used tactics that hindered Yahoo Japan's ability to compete in targeted search ads, according to Japan's Fair Trade Commission. Google allegedly prevented Yahoo Japan from accessing crucial ...

Google has been working to marry its new-found focus on generative AI with its existing expertise in search since mid-May, as part of Search Lab's Google Search Generative Experience (SGE) project. On ...