As a Japanese, I hope this will challenge the dominance of those IT giants.
They should be subject to anti-trust regulations in the first place,
but I think it won't happen soon, so I'm glad they are taking action.
That said, I'm not particularly sure Japanese politicians can handle
those complicated matters efficiently.
I mean, our "cyber-security minister" was accused of never using
a PC and not knowing what a USB memory stick is [0].
I can't help but think that this will end in disaster and
IT giants will use these examples as evidence of how bad
it is to make strict regulations against them...
That said, I'm not particularly sure Japanese politicians can handle those complicated matters efficiently. I mean, our "cyber-security minister" was accused of never using a PC and not knowing what a USB memory stick is [0]. I can't help but think that this will end in disaster and IT giants will use these examples as evidence of how bad it is to make strict regulations against them...
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/japan-cyber-se...