Japan AI Policy & Governance
PUBLICATIONS & COLLABORATIONS
This page is dedicated to my research on Japan's AI policy and governance. It is an ongoing project, made possible by my role as President at Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), Council on Foreign Relations - Hitachi International Affairs Fellowship, and my work as a Visiting AI Researcher at at Chiba Institute for Technology.
2025 (March) - OECD - GPAI SAFE project report: Mapping the global AI safety risks and solutions landscape
2025 (November) - CONVERGE - Quad and Southeast Asia: Building Trust and Partnership in AI Policy in Indo-Pacific
JAPAN - KEY AI POLICY & GOVERNANCE RESOURCES
Japan's AI Ethicist website (continuously providing unofficial English translations and commentary related to Japan’s AI and digital policy.
2026 - Digital Nippon 2026 Strategy (LDP Digital Society HQ)
2026 - AI Whitepaper 2.0 (LDP)
2025 - The Guideline for Japanese Governments’
Procurement and Utilization of Generative AI
2025 - Financial Services Agency (FSA) - AI Discussion Paper entitled “Preliminary Discussion Points for Promoting the Sound Utilization of AI in the Financial Sector"
2024 - Interim Report (AI Strategic Council / AI Institutional Study Group)
2024 - AI Safety Institute - National Status Report on AI Safety in Japan
2024 - AI Safety Institute - Guide for Evaluation Points Regarding AI Safety
2024 - AI Guidelines for Business v1.0
2025 - AI Guidelines for Business v1.1
2024 - AI White Paper 2023 (LDP)
2024 - Integrated Innovation Strategy
2023 - Tentative Summary of Issues on AI
2023 - G7 Hiroshima AI Framework for Advanced AI Systems
2023 - AI White Paper 2022 (LDP)
2022 - Japan AI Strategy 2022
2022 - Governance Guidelines for Implementation of AI Principles
2019 - Japan AI Strategy
2019 - AI Utilization Guidelines
2019 - Social Principles of Human-centric AI
2017 - Draft AI R&D Guidelines for International Discussions
2024 - Contribution to Keizai Doyukai's Uncertainty and AI policy recommendations
2025 - Contribution to Hiroshima AI Process Reporting Framework, Transparency Report Handbook
Japan country analysis within:
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Center for AI & Digital Policy, CAIDP AI Index 2026 (AI and Democratic Values) - Comparative analysis of national AI policies and practices
Article:
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Journal of AI Law and Regulations - Japan's First AI Law: A Strategic Legislative Response
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Herald Insight Collection: Two Roads to the top: Korea and Japan's trajectories to top
Interviews in:
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Transformer - Japan’s unusual approach to AI policy
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1000bai - AI governance is a function of trust
Contributions to Japan AI Policy
Hiroshima Global Forum for Trustworthy AI (Japan AI Safety Institute (January 2026)
1st international AI safety workshop (Japan AI Safety Institute, Henkaku Center, Digital Architecture Lab (July 2025)
New Context Conference - Wrap Up session (Nov 2023)
Japan Machinery Association - Toward AI Trusted by People and Society: Recent Approaches to AI Ethics (Aug 2022)