{"id":154582,"date":"2023-06-28T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T03:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=154582&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:30:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T03:30:54","slug":"internet-sales-freedom-jftc-ends-fukuoka-fisheries-investigation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/internet-sales-freedom-jftc-ends-fukuoka-fisheries-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Sales Freedom: JFTC Ends Fukuoka Fisheries Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has approved a plan presented by the Fukuoka Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives to prevent future antitrust violations. The plan came in response to an investigation into whether fisheries cooperatives were unfairly restricting nori seaweed producers from selling their products directly online. Instead, they were allegedly required to sell exclusively through the cooperatives. While the investigation has concluded for the Fukuoka Federation, it continues for the cooperatives in Kumamoto and Saga. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230627\/5010020733.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-154583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_ariake-sea-weed-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Internet Sales Freedom: JFTC Ends Fukuoka Fisheries Investigation\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_ariake-sea-weed-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_ariake-sea-weed-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_ariake-sea-weed-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_ariake-sea-weed-photoac_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-ac.com\/main\/detail\/23751475#goog_rewarded\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo AC\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has approved a plan presented by the Fukuoka Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives to prevent future antitrust violations. The plan came in response to an investigation into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":154588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-154582","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/154582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}