TOKYO -- Japan's antitrust authority raided the offices of Microsoft Japan on Wednesday as part of an investigation into whether the U.S. software giant was improperly hindering customers of its Azure platform from using other cloud services, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Unit of US software giant suspected of hindering customers using rival services
The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Feb. 25 began an on-site investigation of Microsoft Japan over its cloud computing platform Azure.
February 25, 2026 17:06 JST
Updated on February 25, 2026 18:39 JST