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Sachiko Sakamaki
Senior Correspondent, Tokyo
Sachiko covers antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, as well as patent disputes related to connected cars. She has an undergraduate degree from Waseda University in Tokyo and a master's degree in communications from United States International (now Alliant International) University in California. She previously worked as a journalist for Time magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post in Japan.
Selected Insights by Sachiko
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After building global supply chains over the past several decades, many Japanese companies are now reviewing and realigning them, as new trade restrictions pop up amid rising tensions between the US and China. -
JFTC helping smaller companies pass on increased costs to their larger trading partners, and ultimately, to consumers -
Japan Fair Trade Commission has played the central role, with the courts trailing behind in alignment -
JFTC Chairman Furuya dismissed as “nonsense” claims that the JFTC’s enforcement endeavors against Big Tech have been sidelined -
Japanese automakers are under increasing pressure to pay for standard essential patents, or SEPs, for connected cars