A group Japanese opposition lawmakers urged the country’s regulator to investigate a local web-search partnership between Yahoo Japan Corp. and Google Inc., saying the agreement may reduce competition.

      The study group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers released the statement at a briefing today in Tokyo.

      Yahoo Japan, operator of the nation’s most-visited Web portal, said in July it would use Google’s search and advertising technology to replace its current system as early as this year. Rakuten Inc., a Japanese Internet shopping site operator, in October asked Japan’s Fair Trade  Commission to review the search partnership, saying the deal may deter competition.

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