Japan · Governance guidance

Japan: AI Guidelines for Business

The guidance supports risk-based governance for AI developers, providers and business users, with attention to transparency, fairness, safety and continuing improvement.

Current status
Current guidance
Published or updated
31 March 2026
Last verified
19 August 2026

Prepared by Longan Bay Area AI Legal Research Center based on official public materials.

01

Scope of application & addressees

  • Businesses developing, supplying or using AI in Japan
  • Management, product, security, data and operating teams

02

Core regulatory mandates & key requirements

01Responsibilities are organised around developer, provider and business-user roles.

02Risk identification, communication and monitoring should reflect the specific use case.

03Management participation, internal systems and stakeholder engagement support implementation.

03

Enforcement & compliance timeline

Version 1.0 was released.

Version 1.2 was released.

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Statutory & regulatory text

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