Martyn Williams and Laura Rohde

Japan's trade watchdog, the Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), suspects Intel Corp.'s Japanese unit broke local antitrust regulations by offering incentives to major PC makers to limit their usage of processors from Intel's rivals, it said Tuesday.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) said Tuesday that certain provisions in license agreements between Microsoft Corp. and Japanese PC vendors violate Japan's antimonopoly code.