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	Japan Update August 16, 2018

	Apple probed in Japan  over anti-competitive  behavior TOKYO -- Apple is under   investigation for allegedly  pressuring Yahoo Japan  to terminate a game platform  that competes with the U.S.  technology giant's lucrative  App Store, Nikkei has learned. The Fair Trade Commission  believes Apple's behavior may constitute a violation of Japan's  Anti-Monopoly Act. Yahoo's web-based Game Plus  service, which launched in July  2017, lets users play games  without downloading apps.  Yahoo abruptly slashed its   budget for the service last  fall and has now all but stopped promoting it.
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