Following similar actions taken by authorities in Europe and other significant nations, Japan’s competition watchdog announced on Monday that it will begin an investigation into Google’s potential violation of antimonopoly laws in web search services.

A brief about Japan starts an antitrust investigation investigating Google’s hegemony in search

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) announced that it would look into whether Google broke Japanese anti-monopoly laws, notably by giving Android smartphone manufacturers a portion of their earnings in exchange for them not installing competing search engines.

The ruling comes after similar actions by antitrust officials in the United States, the European Union, and other countries.

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