Fighting Cartels and Bid-Rigging in a New Era: Latest Research from Japan and Abroad and Implications for Practice
| Date | 13:00 - 16:00, Friday, October 31, 2025 * Japan Standard Time (JST) |
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| Venue | Online and Iino Hall (2-1-1, Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) |
| Language | English - Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation) |
| Admission Charge | Free |
| Organizer | Competition Policy Research Center (CPRC), Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) |
| Co-organized by | Nihon Keizai Shimbun Fair Trade Institute |
| Supported by | Japan Business Federation |
13:00~13:10 Opening Remarks
| MATSUSHIMA Noriaki (Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy University of Osaka / Director, CPRC) |
13:10~13:40 Presentation
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"Recent Developments in Cartel Detection"
Joseph Harrington (Patrick T. Harker Professor, Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) |
13:40~14:00 Presentation
| "Bid-rigging and (Algorithmic) Coordination at the Time of Computational Competition Law and Economics: Lessons from Europe and Greece" Ioannis Lianos (Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, University College London / Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal, UK) |
14:00~14:20 Presentation
| "Notifying Firms of Evidence Consistent with Bid-Rigging: A Field Experiment
in Japanese Public Procurement"
NAKABAYASHI Jun(Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University) |
14:20~14:30 Coffee Break
14:30~15:35 Panel Discussion
| Moderator: | AOKI Reiko(Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission) |
| Panelists: |
Joseph Harrington (Patrick T. Harker Professor, Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) Ioannis Lianos (Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, University College London / Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal, UK) NAKABAYASHI Jun (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University) ISHII Rieko(Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University / Chief Researcher, CPRC) FUCHIKAWA Kazuhiko(Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University / Chief Researcher, CPRC) |
15:35~15:55 Q&A session
15:55~16:00 Closing Remarks
| WAKAMORI Naoki(Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University / Chief Researcher,CPRC) |
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