Microsoft Japan raided over suspected violation of anti-monopoly law, source says

Microsoft logo is seen through broken glass in this illustration taken, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

TOKYO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - ⁠Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided Microsoft ⁠Japan's offices on Wednesday as part ‌of an investigation into whether it improperly restricted customers of its Azure platform from using rival cloud services, ​a source with direct ⁠knowledge of the matter ⁠told Reuters.

The person declined to be identified because ⁠the ‌information is not public. The FTC declined to comment, whileMicrosoft Japan ⁠did not immediately respond to a ​request for ‌comment.