On February 25, Japan's Fair Trade Commission embarked on an antitrust review concerning Microsoft, citing suspicions of breaches to the Antimonopoly Act. The commission posits that Microsoft might be exploiting its dominant market position in both the office software and operating system domains to levy exorbitant fees on enterprises utilizing Microsoft software on cloud platforms operated by competitors, such as Amazon. This practice, the commission argues, constitutes unfair competition. On the same day, the Japan Fair Trade Commission carried out an on-site inspection at Microsoft's legal entity in Tokyo, Japan, and pledged to delve deeper into the matter.
