Amazon Japan has said it will collaborate with Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) after the watchdog conducted an on-site inspection related to suspected violations of anti-monopoly laws. The e-commerce giant is under suspicion of inappropriately urging vendors to lower their prices on its online shopping platform in return for better product placement, as first reported by Reuters, citing a source.“ We are cooperating fully with the [Japanese] authorities,” Amazon Japan spokesperson, Tomoko Inoue, told TechCrunch in an email statement. The action concerns Amazon’s Buy Box system, which highlights one seller’s products as the preferred choice on a product page. Shoppers need to go to different pages to see products from different vendors so the Buy Box funnels shoppers’ attention to whichever products have been selected to be featured. Read more on Amazon Japan being raided by anti-monopoly authorities at the link in the bio 👆 Article by Kate Park Image Credits: SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images #TechCrunch #technews #Amazon #ecommerce #enterprise #government