I don't have time to blog much at present, so a brief update.
In response to the complaint and evidence I submitted, some of which is posted in previous entries on this blog, the FTC issues the two notices below.
In short, they found that Human Global Communications had engaged in problematic behavior with respect to the Anti-Monopoly Act, etc., but that it was difficult to implement measures against such companies, so they were not sanctioned.
Meanwhile, though the FTC acknowledged the problematic conduct in the form of the low bid, etc., they did not find that Kyoto City violated the law by accepting that low bid, which is somewhat less than satisfactory. I would have expected the FTC to also call out Kyoto City for accepting a bid that could reasonably be deemed to be too low (either below cost or selectively below market rate (Japanese legal term:差別的対価), but they simply stated that Kyoto City did not violate the law.
I have other issues to bring up with the FTC, so this theme will be continued.
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