<ul><li>Japan's Fair Trade Commission has reportedly sent a cease-and-desist order to Google Japan, accusing the company of forcing smartphone manufacturers to include the Google search app on their devices.</li><li>The order accuses Google of compelling manufacturers to preinstall the Google search app and have it located in a specific position on the device's screen in order to access the Google Play store app.</li><li>It is also alleged that Google agreed to pay portions of ad revenue to manufacturers if they exclusively preinstall the Google search app.</li><li>Google has vowed to fight the accusations and claims to have presented arguments in the hearing process.</li></ul>

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