ABSTRACT
Within industries where manufacturers enjoy a great deal of market control over their distributors with their own marketing methods, Japanese anti-trust law can have an important influence. The reason for the intervention of the anti-trust law is the potential unfair exercise of such market control by the manufacturer. It has an important function to protect the many small businesses in Japan against unfair trade restrictions by manufacturers which may impede them in freely conducting their business.1 The Antimonopoly Act can function indirectly to protect the distributor.
