# Tokyo (Japan)

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Tokyo
- **ISO code**: JP-13
- **Type**: region
- **Region**: Asia / Eastern Asia

## In brief

Tokyo (Japan) has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened. Tokyo is recorded here for its own AI instruments, which apply within its territory alongside Japan's national rules.

## Overview

Tokyo is recorded here for its own AI instruments, which apply within its territory alongside Japan's national rules. On record: Tokyo government AI guideline (2026). This page was added in the October 2026 sub-national research round; see each instrument for what it requires.

## Regulatory status

Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Tokyo government AI guideline (2026). Strategy or guidance: none recorded.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Read these alongside Japan's national rules, which apply as well.

## Official sources

- AI導入・活用ガイドライン — Tokyo Metropolitan Government — https://www.digitalservice.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/business/ai/ai-guideline

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Tokyo Metropolitan Government AI Introduction and Utilization Guideline** — Guidance, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/jp-tokyo-ai-introduction-and-utilization-guideline
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/jp-tokyo-ai-introduction-and-utilization-guideline.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/jp-tokyo
- **Official source**: https://www.digitalservice.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/business/ai/ai-guideline
- **Source document**: AI導入・活用ガイドライン
- **Published by**: Tokyo Metropolitan Government
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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