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Yahoo Japan, Google to remain competitive despite same search engine+
TOKYO, Aug. 2 Kyodo -
Yahoo Japan Corp. will remain competitive with Google Inc. even after adopting
Google's Internet search engine and online advertisement technology as the two
firms will use their own policies in editing and advertising, Yahoo Japan
President Masahiro Inoue said Monday, rebutting a rival's protest against being
anticompetitive.
''We will operate the search engine under an editing policy that is independent
(of Google's) and also have different screening criteria when it comes to
advertising,'' Inoue told a news conference, dismissing criticism by Microsoft
Corp. of the United States that the Yahoo Japan-Google tie-up is
anticompetitive.
''We will continue to have a competitive relationship,'' Inoue said.
Yahoo Japan announced last Tuesday that it will adopt Google's Internet search
engine and search-linked advertisement distribution system, deviating from
teaming up with Microsoft Corp. like its major shareholder Yahoo Inc. of the
United States.
Inoue said the company has been explaining in detail to the Japan Fair Trade
Commission about the tie-up for several months.
''We are aware of why the deal between Yahoo of the United States and Google
fell through (due to monopoly problems),'' he said, and added that Yahoo
Japan's agreement with Google is the ''result'' of also having studied that
case.
Microsoft has protested at their tie-up, which is likely to allow them
effectively to monopolize domestic Internet search services and which Microsoft
has dubbed as being ''even more anticompetitive'' than Google's deal with
Yahoo! Inc. in 2008, which the U.S. Department of Justice found illegal.
Inoue stressed that Yahoo Japan's case differs from that of Yahoo! Inc. since
the Japanese firm does not have its own search engine. Yahoo Japan has been
using the same search engine as Yahoo! Inc.'s.
The U.S. software giant said it is set to present the Japan Fair Trade
Commission with evidence to prove that the planned tie-up will impair fair
competition in the online search market, officials of its Japanese unit said
last week.
Currently, Yahoo Japan has a nearly 60 percent share of Internet search
services in Japan, while Google has close to 40 percent.
==Kyodo
Yahoo Japan Corp. will remain competitive with Google Inc. even after adopting
Google's Internet search engine and online advertisement technology as the two
firms will use their own policies in editing and advertising, Yahoo Japan
President Masahiro Inoue said Monday, rebutting a rival's protest against being
anticompetitive.
''We will operate the search engine under an editing policy that is independent
(of Google's) and also have different screening criteria when it comes to
advertising,'' Inoue told a news conference, dismissing criticism by Microsoft
Corp. of the United States that the Yahoo Japan-Google tie-up is
anticompetitive.
''We will continue to have a competitive relationship,'' Inoue said.
Yahoo Japan announced last Tuesday that it will adopt Google's Internet search
engine and search-linked advertisement distribution system, deviating from
teaming up with Microsoft Corp. like its major shareholder Yahoo Inc. of the
United States.
Inoue said the company has been explaining in detail to the Japan Fair Trade
Commission about the tie-up for several months.
''We are aware of why the deal between Yahoo of the United States and Google
fell through (due to monopoly problems),'' he said, and added that Yahoo
Japan's agreement with Google is the ''result'' of also having studied that
case.
Microsoft has protested at their tie-up, which is likely to allow them
effectively to monopolize domestic Internet search services and which Microsoft
has dubbed as being ''even more anticompetitive'' than Google's deal with
Yahoo! Inc. in 2008, which the U.S. Department of Justice found illegal.
Inoue stressed that Yahoo Japan's case differs from that of Yahoo! Inc. since
the Japanese firm does not have its own search engine. Yahoo Japan has been
using the same search engine as Yahoo! Inc.'s.
The U.S. software giant said it is set to present the Japan Fair Trade
Commission with evidence to prove that the planned tie-up will impair fair
competition in the online search market, officials of its Japanese unit said
last week.
Currently, Yahoo Japan has a nearly 60 percent share of Internet search
services in Japan, while Google has close to 40 percent.
==Kyodo
