Just as iPhone owners in the European Union recently got third-party iOS app stores thanks to an EU court decision, Japan has taken another step in getting the same thing on citizens' iPhones on the other side of the world.
According to The Japan Times, a bill has been submitted by the “administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida” that “would compel the dominant platforms to allow third parties to launch their own app markets and to offer more payment options, while banning the technology giants from giving preferential treatment to their own products.”
