Title: Japan Fair Trade Commission Issues Recommendation to Daiwa Logistics for Violation of Subcontracting Law

On the 21st, the Fair Trade Commission announced that it issued a recommendation to Daiwa Logistics (Shikoku Chuo City, Ehime Prefecture) for violating the provisions of the Act on Prevention of Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc. (Prohibition of Unreasonable Purchase or Utilization). The violation involved the company’s Chubu branch engaging in practices where external parties were forced to make purchases or usage against their will.