Japan to launch antitrust probe into Google, Apple activities

Tokyo: The Japanese government will probe the activities of Apple and Google, amid growing allegations of antitrust violations by US tech giants.

A government panel will be formed this month to probe the connection between domestic smartphone manufacturers and US companies, the Nikkei Asia reported citing a government source.

The current share of the operating smartphone systems Apple iOS and Google Android makes up around 90 per cent of the Japanese market.