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On September 29, 2026, the Japan Fair Trade Commission issued a recommendation to Fuji Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (株式会社不二製作所) under the Act on Ensuring Proper Transactions Involving Small and Medium-Sized Subcontractors. The case involved manufacturing…
The Japan Fair Trade Commission recommended action against Toridoll Holdings Corporation over deductions from payments to 37 suppliers contracted through wholesalers to manufacture food products sold to its subsidiaries. From August 2024 through July…
The Japan Fair Trade Commission recommended action against NICHIRIN CO., LTD. under Japan’s Subcontract Act. NICHIRIN had required 25 subcontractors to store a total of 1,048 dies, jigs and other tooling owned by NICHIRIN…
JFTC recommended action against Japan Post Co., Ltd. under Japan’s freelancer transaction law. According to JFTC, from November 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, Japan Post outsourced work including training and delivery of mail…
The Japan Fair Trade Commission issued a recommendation to J‑Top Co., Ltd. under Japan's Freelancer Transaction Act. JFTC says J‑Top deducted a total of JPY 481,031 from remuneration owed to 138 specified entrusted business…
The Japan Fair Trade Commission issued a recommendation to IRISO Electronics Co., Ltd. concerning a business-practices case under Japanese fair trading rules.
Digital Agency Japan updated standard-specification materials for local government core business systems.
Japan Tourism Agency’s accommodation statistics showed total overnight stays at 5,429 ten-thousand person-nights in May 2026, down 3.2% year-on-year, and 4,678 ten-thousand person-nights in June, down 6.5%. Foreign-resident overnight stays fell more sharply: 1,451…
JNTO estimated June 2026 visitor arrivals at 3,148,600 people, down 6.8% year-on-year. The same release said first-half arrivals reached 21,084,800 people and that 15 source markets set June records, including Taiwan, South Korea, the…
Digital Agency Japan updated its page on character standardization for local-government information systems. The source explains the move toward administrative standard characters, the handling of external characters, and the role of standardization in data…