Cease and Desist Order against Google LLC

Google LLC (Antimonopoly Act)

Antimonopoly ActJapan Fair Trade CommissionConfirmed entity match15 April 2024

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Action summary

Company: Google LLCJapanese original
Original: Google LLC
Corporate Number: 3700150072195
Entity match: Confirmed entity match95/100Machine extracted
Normalized Japanese name matched to a company profile with Corporate Number
Matched by normalized Japanese company name to an enriched company profile with a Corporate Number.
Governing law: Antimonopoly Act
独占禁止法
Action type: Cease and Desist Order
排除措置命令
Action date: 15 April 2024
Issuing authority: Japan Fair Trade Commission
公正取引委員会

Violation

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Google LLCは、遅くとも令和２年７月以降、特定アンドロイド・スマートフォンメーカー及び特定移動通信事業者に対し、他の一般検索サービス事業者の検索機能を特定アンドロイド・スマートフォンに実装させないようにしている。

Compliance context

Medium-high

A formal order requiring corrective measures for conduct found by the competition authority.

Competition law covering private monopolization, unreasonable restraint of trade, unfair trade practices, and related conduct.

Review the conduct, affected market, and whether the relationship could expose your organization to competition-law risk.

This context is an operational aid for review workflows, not a credit opinion or legal conclusion.

Evidence pack

Original Japan Fair Trade Commission announcement (Japanese)Archived source snapshot

Extracted at: 2026-05-09T12:03:25.509+00:00
Evidence checked: 2026-05-09T12:03:25.509+00:00
Archive captured: 2026-05-09T12:03:26.116+00:00

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    "url": "https://regbase.jp/en/enforcement/dokusenkinshiho-googlellc-20240415",
    "company_name_original": "Google LLC",
    "company_name_registry": "Google LLC",
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    "law": {
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      "en": "Antimonopoly Act"
    },
    "action_type": {
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      "en": "Cease and Desist Order"
    },
    "authority": {
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      "en": "Japan Fair Trade Commission"
    }
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    "method_label": "Normalized Japanese name matched to a company profile with Corporate Number",
    "notes": "Matched by normalized Japanese company name to an enriched company profile with a Corporate Number."
  },
  "review": {
    "status": "unreviewed",
    "label": "Machine extracted"
  },
  "compliance_context": {
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    "actionMeaning": "A formal order requiring corrective measures for conduct found by the competition authority.",
    "practicalNote": "Review the conduct, affected market, and whether the relationship could expose your organization to competition-law risk.",
    "lawContext": "Competition law covering private monopolization, unreasonable restraint of trade, unfair trade practices, and related conduct."
  },
  "evidence": {
    "recordUrl": "https://regbase.jp/en/enforcement/dokusenkinshiho-googlellc-20240415",
    "officialSourceUrl": "https://www.jftc.go.jp/houdou/pressrelease/2025/apr/250415_digijyo.html",
    "archiveUrl": "https://kiroku.today/view/65abb03d25yap5l7",
    "archiveCapturedAt": "2026-05-09T12:03:26.116+00:00",
    "extractedAt": "2026-05-09T12:03:25.509+00:00",
    "translatedAt": null,
    "evidenceCheckedAt": "2026-05-09T12:03:25.509+00:00",
    "generatedAt": "2026-06-26T05:35:06.492Z"
  },
  "limitations": [
    "RegBase aggregates public Japanese government disclosures and does not provide a credit opinion.",
    "English summaries are provided for reference. The original Japanese source is authoritative.",
    "Possible or unresolved entity matches should be manually verified before use in a decision."
  ]
}

The original Japanese disclosure is the authoritative record. Use possible or unresolved matches only as leads for manual review.

Language

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Company info

English name: Google LLC Japanese original
Japanese name: Google LLC
Corporate Number: 3700150072195

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About this recordAggregated and translated from public Japanese government disclosures. The English text is for reference only — authoritative content is the linked Japanese source.