FILE PHOTO: A guest is seen during a press preview of the Apple Shinjuku store ahead of it's grand open in Tokyo, Japan April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
TOKYO: Japanese regulators are investigating Apple Inc over allegations it unfairly pressured Yahoo Japan Corp to slow the expansion of its online games platform, which competes with Apple's App Store, Japanese media reported on Aug 16.
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is looking at whether Apple interfered in Yahoo Japan's operations by pressuring it to cut back on developing its Game Plus web-based service which enables users to stream games without downloading apps, the Nikkei newspaper reported.
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