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Amendment of the Anti-Monopoly Act of Japan and its Impact on Mergers and Acquisitions



by Shinya Watanabe
Jones Day - Tokyo Office

Ken Kiyohara
Jones Day - Tokyo Office

Hiromitsu Miyakawa
Jones Day - Tokyo Office

Akio Yamada
Jones Day - Cleveland Office

October 2, 2009

Previously published on September 2009

On June 3, 2009, the Japanese Diet enacted a bill to amend the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade (the "Anti-Monopoly Act" and, as amended, the "Amended Act"), promulgated as of June 10, 2009. The Amended Act will become enforceable on a date to be prescribed by the Cabinet Order within one year from the date of promulgation.


 

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