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AIRA Governance Assessment — Japan

APPI · AI Promotion Act (2025) · METI/MIC AI Guidelines v1.1 · FSA Discussion Paper v1.1

Assessment delivered in English.

APPI and the AI Promotion Act 2025 is legally authoritative in Japanese. AIRA's question wording is an English working translation of the statutory clauses; article numbers and statute names are preserved in their original form. For binding compliance interpretation, have the evidence you produce reviewed by counsel qualified in the Japanese text.

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Hi — I'm AIRA, your AI governance advisor at airagov.com. This assessment covers Japan's AI governance landscape — the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI, post-2022 amendments), Japan's AI Promotion Act (enacted May 2025, effective June 2025), the METI/MIC AI Guidelines for Business (v1.1, March 2025), the Social Principles of Human-Centric AI (Cabinet, 2019), and the FSA AI Discussion Paper (v1.1, March 2026). I'll walk you through each area one question at a time, sharing context so you understand why each topic matters. This isn't a test — it's a conversation. Ready to begin?