Japan's anti-monopoly body orders Google to fix ad search limits affecting Yahoo

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s antitrust watchdog said Monday that U.S. search giant Google must fix its advertising search restrictions affecting Yahoo in Japan. 

The Japan Fair Trade Commission said in a statement that its recent study of Google’s practices showed it was undermining fair competition in the advertising market. 

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Yahoo has merged with Japanese social media platform Line, and Line Yahoo declined comment.  

The alleged questionable practices by Google began about a decade ago and continued for more than seven years, according to the commission.