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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Amway Japan ordered to suspend operations for 6 months

The Consumer Affairs Agency has ordered Amway Japan G.K. to suspend certain operations in connection with illegal solicitation, the CAA said Friday.

The agency ordered the Tokyo-based company to stop trading for six months -- Oct. 14 to April 13 -- for violating the Specified Commercial Transactions Law in connection with a multilevel marketing scheme, also known as "pyramid selling."

The agency also issued an instruction to the company demanding it take measures to prevent a recurrence.

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