Japan city drafts ordinance to cap smartphone use at 2 hours per day(english.kyodonews.net)

98 points by Improvement 1 year ago | 74 comments

Japan enacts law to promote competition in smartphone app stores(english.kyodonews.net)

428 points by pjmlp 2 years ago | 288 comments

Kyodo News article reporting that Japan's parliament enacted a law restricting Apple and Google from blocking third-party app stores and payment platforms on iOS and Android.

Japan's summers have lengthened by 3 weeks over 42 years, say resaerchers(english.kyodonews.net)

125 points by anigbrowl 1 year ago | 27 comments

Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies(asia.nikkei.com)

508 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 267 comments

Nikkei Asia report that Japan plans antitrust rules requiring Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and billing systems.

Google faces antitrust probe in Japan for pushing search default(english.kyodonews.net)

68 points by anigbrowl 3 years ago | 13 comments

Steam Censorship of Adult Games Shows How Payment Processors Wield Immense Power(ign.com)

33 points by diggan 1 year ago | 1 comments