[Japanese government plans to enact a new law banning app store monopoly]-around smartphone app stores, the Japanese government decided on a policy at a digital market competition meeting on the 16th and will formulate a new law to prohibit monopoly operation. The new law will impose an obligation on the government to approve the participation of third parties whose safety has been confirmed. Considering that the operating system (OS) development giant Apple and Google of the United States will strengthen the regulation of IT companies that can influence the digital market.