Japan Regulatory Crosswalk
Verification required. Claims on this page about Japanese law were compiled on 7 October 2026 from secondary web sources and from memory of the law. No primary legal text was read, and each claim is tagged [Reported], [Recalled], [Conflict] or [Unverified] as explained on the section home page. Check the primary text before relying on any of them. This is not legal advice.
One row per instrument in the Japan AI Regulatory Hub, with the wiki controls that relate to it and its verification status. The last column is empty until a row has been confirmed against the primary text; record the primary URL and the date you retrieved it there.
The same data is available as a CSV file for GRC tooling: crosswalk.csv.
Legal force sorts each row under one of seven labels, so that law is not mistaken for guidance or for a voluntary framework. The label is this wiki's reading of the sources and carries the same verification caveat as the rest of the row.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Binding law | Enacted law or regulation that applies generally in the jurisdiction, including provisions that start on a later date. |
| Binding in scope | Binding only on a sector, a free zone, a state or province, or public bodies. |
| Guidance | Published by a government or regulator, and not binding in itself. |
| Voluntary | A standard, code or framework that an organization chooses to adopt. |
| Proposed | A bill, draft or consultation, or a proposal that lapsed. It is not law. |
| Context | A policy, authority, programme or summary row that sets no rule. |
| Unclear | The sources used do not settle whether it binds. |
| ID | Instrument | Legal force | Type / status | Wiki controls | Verification tag | To verify | Primary URL and retrieval date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP1 | AI Promotion Act | Binding law | Law; 4 Jun 2025 | AI-CTRL-012 | Reported | Any duties on businesses; investigation or publication powers | |
| JP2 | AI Basic Plan | Context | Cabinet decision; adopted 14 Jul 2026, replacing the 23 Dec 2025 plan | AI-CTRL-012 | Reported | Content | |
| JP3 | Guidelines for AI Business (MIC and METI), version 1.2 (31 Mar 2026) | Guidance | Non-binding | AI-CTRL-012; AI-CTRL-037; AI-CTRL-039; AI-CTRL-041 | Reported | Official text; English is provisional | |
| JP4 | Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) | Binding law | Binding | AI-CTRL-013; AI-CTRL-007; AI-CTRL-035 | Recalled | AI points from the PPC | |
| JP5 | Copyright Act Art. 30-4 (information analysis exception) | Binding law | Binding | AI-CTRL-029 | Recalled | Current interpretation and limits | |
| JP6 | Sector rules (financial, medical devices, others) | Binding in scope | Binding | AI-CTRL-014; AI-CTRL-037 | Unverified | Per sector |