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Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on the 25th that the Japan Fair Trade Commission, Japan's antitrust agency, conducted an on-site investigation of Microsoft's Japanese subsidiary on the same day on suspicion of violating antitrust laws. The report states that the Japan Fair Trade Commission believes that Microsoft may be using its dominant position in office software and operating systems to engage in unfair competition in the cloud services market. Specifically, Japanese companies may have to pay higher fees if they use Microsoft-related software on competing platforms such as Amazon's cloud platform compared to using them on Microsoft's own Azure platform. Regulatory authorities believe that this differential pricing practice may lead customers to switch to Microsoft's own platform and have a detrimental impact on market competition. (Xinhua News Agency)