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Japan Act on the Promotion of Research, Development and Utilisation of AI-Related Technologies

Japan's first AI law, enacted in May 2025, is promotional rather than prohibitive: it creates a strategy headquarters and basic plan, and empowers the government to investigate and name organisations involved in AI harms.

PromotionStrategy HeadquartersSoft lawHiroshima Process

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28 May 2025Enacted by the Diet
4 Jun 2025Promulgated; provisions on the AI Strategy Headquarters follow by cabinet order

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