The Japan Fair Trade Commission is expected to find Google guilty of violating the country's antitrust law, Nikkei Asia reports. Japan's competition watchdog is expected to determine that Google's contracts with smartphone makers unfairly restrict competition, harming the internet search market, and will issue a cease and desist order that asks Google to halt its monopolistic practices.

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