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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Gavin Blair in Tokyo

Alleged ice-cream cartel in Japan investigated as sweltering summer looms

A girl eats an ice cream as she walks along Nakamise-dori, a shopping street in Tokyo, Japan.
A girl eats an ice cream as she walks along Nakamise-dori, a shopping street in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Authorities in Japan have raided six of the country’s largest ice-cream firms for allegedly colluding to raise the price of their products, provoking anger from frozen snack aficionados as they face a cruel summer ahead.

Officials from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) on Tuesday carried out searches of the corporate headquarters of Akagi Nyugyo, Ezaki Glico, Lotte, Meiji, Morinaga Milk Industry and Morinaga & Co due to suspicions they had violated antimonopoly laws.

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