Japan's competition guidelines, as revised in July 2026, still say that which firms a business deals with is basically a matter of its freedom to choose trading partners

How it’s built

1. Read from the Japan Fair Trade Commission's guidelines on distribution and business practices under the Antimonopoly Act, current text revised 8 July 2026.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

General guidance with exceptions elsewhere in the text; it does not say any particular Pokémon arrangement is lawful.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

事業者がどの事業者と取引するかは、基本的には事業者の取引先選択の自由の問題である。

In English

Which firms a firm deals with is, basically, a matter of its freedom to choose trading partners.