Cast your minds back to February. Japanese firms Sharp and Hitachi were accused of price-fixing over their supply of screens for the Nintendo DS. Well today, Japan took action.
The Japanese Fair Trade Commission have fined Sharp ¥261 million (USD$3 million), accusing them of colluding with Hitachi to fix prices in a direct violation of the country's Antimonopoly Act. They have until March 2009 to pay up.
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Sharp are protesting their innocence, stressing that they "did not engage in any activities that could be categorized as a violation of Antimonopoly Act", but will suck it up and pay the fine anyways.