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Amazon Japan returns $18m to suppliers in deal with Tokyo

American e-commerce giant said to have forced vendors to bear portion of discounts

Amazon Japan is said to have promise vowed to correct certain practices in the proposed reforms.   © Reuters

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit has pledged to return around 2 billion yen ($18.8 million) to around 1,400 suppliers after having them shoulder part of the costs to cover discounts the online retailer applied on goods, the antitrust watchdog said Thursday.

The pledge was part of Amazon Japan G.K.'s proposed reforms submitted to the Japan Fair Trade Commission in late August. The commission, which investigated the online retailer in 2018 on suspicion of violating the antitrust law, accepted them on Thursday.

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