Toko Sekiguchi

Senior Correspondent, Tokyo

Toko is a senior correspondent in Tokyo covering antitrust, anti-bribery & corruption, financial services and regulatory issues in Japan. Before joining MLex, she has worked as a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones News, Bloomberg News and Time Magazine.

Selected Insights by Toko

Amid inflation worries elsewhere, Japan's competition watchdog takes on unusual role to assist price increases

11 November 2022 04:36 Sachiko Sakamaki, Toko Sekiguchi

JFTC helping smaller companies pass on increased costs to their larger trading partners, and ultimately, to consumers
- Antitrust
- Asia
Japan antitrust chief looks to courts as partner to restore fair competition

11 November 2022 04:36 Toko Sekiguchi, Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan Fair Trade Commission has played the central role, with the courts trailing behind in alignment
Furuya dismisses claims JFTC has been sidelined, sees central role for agency overseeing competition in Japan

11 November 2022 04:35 Sachiko Sakamaki, Toko Sekiguchi

JFTC Chairman Furuya dismissed as “nonsense” claims that the JFTC’s enforcement endeavors against Big Tech have been sidelined
- Antitrust
- Asia
Japan court decision on ranking algorithm pushes digital-platform ball forward, ahead of antitrust regulator

25 July 2022 05:06 Toko Sekiguchi

Japanese court verdict on restaurant-review platform’s interference with its search-engine algorithm to alter its ranking results
- Antitrust
- Asia
500.com bribery case sees eight convicted in Japan, but company remains untouched for now

22 February 2021 06:30 Toko Sekiguchi

More than one year since allegations emerged that Chinese online gambling company 500.com had paid bribes in Japan.
- Financial Crime
- Asia