Furuya ponders the JFTC’s role in a fast-evolving regulatory landscape
30 November 2022 00:00
Duration: 18:46
Japan’s top antitrust official, Kazuyuki Furuya, has a lot on his plate. The chairman of the Japan Fair Trade Commission is grappling with the role his agency can play as inflation soars and the country’s population declines, amid concerns that large companies may be saddling smaller businesses with rising costs. To mark the publication of MLex’s special report, based on an extended interview with Furuya, our Tokyo correspondents weigh up the issues confronting Japan and the qualities the JFTC chief is bringing to the regulatory table.
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Editorial Team
James Panichi Senior Editor, Asia Pacific
James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the... Read more
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.
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.