Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Thursday recommended opening up third-party app stores, a potential blow to Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.36% and Alphabet Inc.'s GOOGL, -5.47% GOOG, -5.83% Google. In a market study on mobile operating systems and mobile app distribution, the JFTC suggested changes for the tech giants, including allowing third-party app stores, as well as letting developers offer their own in-app payment payment systems or the ability to use third-party systems.
Japanese regulators target Apple, Google app stores