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Lawmakers urge administration to address Japan’s ‘unfair’ gaming market practices

March 28, 2023 at 3:01 PM
House lawmakers from both parties are calling on the administration to address what they say are anti-competitive practices in Japan’s video game market, suggesting they may run afoul of the U.S.-Japan Digital Trade Agreement. Last week a group of House lawmakers from Washington State sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo saying Sony's practices in the gaming market are placing U.S. gaming companies at a disadvantage in the Japanese market – and may...


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