{"id":141550,"date":"2021-07-15T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T07:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=141550&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:52:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T07:52:02","slug":"investigation-into-suspected-cartel-involving-kyuden-and-others","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/investigation-into-suspected-cartel-involving-kyuden-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation Into Suspected Cartel Involving Kyuden and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-site investigations belonging to the Japan Fair Trade Commission began investigating an alleged cartel involving Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. Kyuden, Kyuden Mirai Energy Corporation, and two other companies outside Kyushu suspected of agreeing to limit marketing activities in each other\u2019s regions from 2018<\/span><b>. Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQODG12BON0S1A710C2000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASP7D6WNSP7DUTIL05C.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asahi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_113584\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113584\" class=\"size-large wp-image-113584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kyuden-head-office-aug-2018-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kyuden-head-office-aug-2018-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kyuden-head-office-aug-2018-002.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kyuden-head-office-aug-2018-002.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kyuden-head-office-aug-2018-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-113584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Kyushu Electric Power head office<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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