- The Status of Notifications Regarding Business Combinations and the Results of Reviews of Major Business Combinations in the Fiscal Year 2024
2025/06/18 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of ANSYS, Inc. by SYNOPSYS, INC.
2025/03/13 - Closing the Review of the Proposed Acquisition of iRobot Corporation by Amazon. com, Inc.
2024/01/31 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Asiana Airlines Inc. by Korean Air Co., Ltd.
2024/01/31 - Closing the Review of the Proposed Acquisition of Figma, Inc. by Adobe Inc.
2023/12/21 - The status of notifications regarding business combinations and the results of reviews of major business combinations in fiscal year 2022
2023/6/28 - The JFTC Seeks Information and Comments from Third Parties Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Figma, Inc. by Adobe Inc.
2023/4/10 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. by Microsoft Corporation
2023/3/28 - The status of notifications regarding business combinations and the results of reviews of major business combinations in fiscal year 2021
2022/6/22 - The JFTC Seeks Information and Comments from Third Parties Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. by Microsoft Corporation
2022/6/16 - The JFTC Seeks Information and Comments from Third Parties Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Mandiant, Inc. by Google LLC
2022/6/16 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Siltronic AG by Global Wafers GmbH
2021/11/26 - The status of notifications regarding business combinations and the results of reviews of major business combinations in fiscal year 2020
2021/7/7 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Slack Technologies, Inc.by salesforce.com, inc.
2021/7/1 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of The Fukuho Bank, Ltd. by The Fukui Bank, Ltd.
2021/6/16 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Siltronic AG by Global Wafers GmbH and Seeks Comments from Third Parties
2021/6/15 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Fitbit, Inc. by Google LLC
2021/1/14 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of BASF Colors & Effects Japan Ltd. by DIC Corporation
2020/12/24 - The JFTC Reviewed the proposed managerial integration of Z Holdings Corporation and LINE Corporation
2020/8/4 - The status of notifications regarding business combinations and the results of reviews of major business combinations in fiscal year 2019
2020/7/22 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of BASF Colors & Effects Japan Ltd. by DIC Corporation, Ltd. and Seeks Comments from Third Parties
2020/5/20 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. by Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. and Seeks Comments from Third Parties
2020/3/19 - Amendments of the “Guidelines to Application of the Antimonopoly Act Concerning Review of Business Combination” and the “Policies Concerning Procedures of Review of Business Combination”
2019/12/17 - The JFTC Reviewed the Acquisition of Shares of Nihon Ultmarc Inc. by M3, Inc.
2019/10/24 - Request for Public Comments on the revised “Guidelines to Application of the Antimonopoly Act Concerning Review of Business Combination” (draft) and the revised “Policies Concerning Procedures of Review of Business Combination”
2019/10/4 - Major Business Combination Cases in Fiscal Year 2018
2019/6/19 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. by NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
2019/1/18 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited by
2018/12/25 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of The Eighteenth Bank, Ltd. by
2018/8/24 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. by NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION and Seeks Comments from Third Parties
2018/8/17 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Mitsubishi
2018/8/10 - The status of notifications regarding business combinations and the results of reviews of major business combinations in fiscal year 2017
2018/6/6 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Joint Share Transfer by The Daishi Bank，Ltd．and The Hokuetsu Bank，Ltd．
2017/12/15 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Joint Share Transfer by The Daishi Bank, Ltd and The Hokuetsu Bank, Ltd and Seeks Comments from Third Parties
2017/7/19 - Major Business Combination Cases in Fiscal Year 2016
2017/6/14 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Nisshin Steel Co．， Ltd． by NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
2017/1/30 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Showa Shell Sekiyu K．K． by Idemitsu Kosan Co．， Ltd．and the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of TonenGeneral Sekiyu K．K．by JX Holdings，Inc．
2016/12/19 - The JFTC closed its review on the proposed business integration between Lam Research Corporation and KLA-Tencor Corporation
2016/10/07 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of HOKKAN HOLDINGS LIMITED by Toyo Seikan Group Holdings，Ltd． and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2016/9/16 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Business Integration Between Fukuoka Financial Group， Inc． and The Eighteenth Bank， Ltd． and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2016/7/8 - Regarding the proposed acquisition of shares of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation by Canon Inc．
2016/6/30 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Nisshin Steel Co．，Ltd． by NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2016/6/10 - Major Business Combination Cases in Fiscal Year 2015
2016/6/8 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Business Integration Between JX Group and TonenGeneral group and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2016/3/30 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Transactions including Establishment of Joint Selling Company for Containerboards etc by Nippon Paper Industries Co．， Ltd． and Tokushu Tokai Paper Co．， Ltd．
2016/3/18 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Tokyo Kohtetsu Co．， Ltd． by Osaka Steel Co．， Ltd．
2016/1/28 - The
JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Transactions
including Establishment of a Joint Selling Company for Containerboards
etc by Nippon Paper Industries Co．， Ltd． and Tokushu Tokai Paper Co．，
Ltd．and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2015/10/16 - Major Business Combination Cases in Fiscal Year 2014
2015/6/10 - The JFTC Reviewed the Proposed Integration of Zimmer and Biomet
2015/3/25 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co．， Ltd． by Oji Holdings Corporation and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2014/12/3 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Integration Between Zimmer， Inc． and Biomet， Inc． and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2014/9/3 - Major Business Combination Cases in Fiscal Year 2013
2014/6/11 - The JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Integration Between Applied Materials， Inc． and Tokyo Electron， Ltd． and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2014/4/11 - The
JFTC Closed its Review on the Proposed Integration in Thermal Power
Generation Systems Businesses of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd． and
Hitachi, Ltd．(Tentative Translation)
2013/12/12 - The
JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning the Proposed Integration in
Thermal Power Generation Systems and Other Businesses of Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries, Ltd．and Hitachi, Ltd． and Solicits Comments from Third
Parties
2013/9/6 - The JFTC Closed its Review on the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of The Daiei, Inc． by AEON CO．, LTD．
2013/7/19 - Major Business Combination Cases in Fiscal Year 2012
2013/6/5 - The JFTC Closed its Reviews on the Proposed Business Combination between ASML Holdings N．V． and Cymer Inc．
2013/5/7 - The
JFTC Opens Secondary Review Concerning a Proposed Acquisition of Shares
of Cymer Inc． by ASML US Inc． and Solicits Comments from Third Parties
2013/2/28 - The JFTC Closed its Review on the Proposed Merger Between Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp． and Sumitomo Light Metal Industries， Ltd．
2013/2/21 - The JFTC Closed its Review on the Proposed Acquisition of Shares of C&H Co．， Ltd．by DAIKEN CORPORATION
2013/1/24
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