Japan's Maruzen receives JFTC corrective recommendation
By Genta Nakanishi ( October 29, 2026, 06:30 GMT | Insight) -- Japanese commercial kitchen equipment maker Maruzen received a corrective recommendation Thursday from the country's antitrust watchdog for reducing payments to 385 subcontractors in violation of Japan's former Subcontract Act. The Tokyo-listed company's subsidiary received a similar recommendation in 2018.Japanese commercial kitchen equipment maker Maruzen received a corrective recommendation Thursday from the Japan Fair Trade Commission, or JFTC, for reducing payments to 385 subcontractors by a total of 60.9 million yen ($386,000) between April 2025 and January 2026, in violation of the former Subcontract Act....
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