The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has accepted commitments offered by Google LLC (Google) in relation to its alleged anti-competitive conduct in market for “provision of technologies for search engines & search advertising”. According to FTC, Since Yahoo Japan Corporation (Yahoo Japan) did not have technologies for search engines and search advertising it entered into a ‘GSA agreement’ with Google for providing technologies for Mobile Syndication Transactions (MTS). It was alleged that since 2015, Google has been engaged in amending the GSA & thereby restriction the provision of technologies necessary for MTS. Google’s commitments include – restraint from restricting provision of technologies, allowing independence & information separation to Yahoo Japan.
