{"slug":"japan-act-on-promotion-of-research-and-development-and-utilization-of-artificial-intelligence-related-technolo","title":"Act on Promotion of Research and Development, and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence-related Technology (Act No. 53 of 2025)","short_title":"Act on Promotion of Research and Development, and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence-related Technology","jurisdiction":"japan","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"issuing_body":"National Diet of Japan; administered by the Cabinet Office","summary_plain":"Japan's first AI-specific statute establishes basic principles and a governmental framework for promoting AI research, development and use. It creates an AI Strategy Headquarters under the Cabinet, requires the government to adopt an AI Basic Plan, and provides for guidelines, information gathering and investigation of cases where AI infringes rights, together with guidance to businesses and the public. Businesses are asked to cooperate with government measures; the Act contains no fines or prohibitions.","adopted_on":"2025-06-04","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5066/en","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"high","updated_at":"2026-09-11T14:53:03+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/japan-act-on-promotion-of-research-and-development-and-utilization-of-artificial-intelligence-related-technolo","status_note":"The Diet passed the bill on 28 May 2025; the announcement date used is the promulgation date. The 1 September 2025 full-effect date was reported by government sources found in search (gov-online.go.jp, which returned 403 to the fetch tool) and is consistent with the Act's 'within three months' commencement clause; the Cabinet Office outline PDF fetched does not itself state the date.","scope_summary":"Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by National Diet of Japan; administered by the Cabinet Office. Oversight: Artificial Intelligence Strategy Headquarters chaired by the Prime Minister with all Cabinet ministers as members. Stated purpose: Promote AI research and use nationally while addressing public concern about risks, without new penalties.","who_it_applies_to":null,"key_dates_summary":"2025-06-04: Promulgated as Act No. 53 of 2025; general provisions in force on promulgation; 2025-09-01: Chapters III and IV (Strategy Headquarters and Basic Plan) brought into effect by Cabinet Order","penalties_summary":null,"what_organizations_must_do":null,"published_on":null,"date_notes":"Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.","taxonomy":[],"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"Act on Promotion of Research and Development, and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence-related Technology (Act No. 53 of 2025)","publisher":"Japanese Law Translation Database (Ministry of Justice)","url":"https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5066/en","document_date":"2025-06-04","document_type":"legislation","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"},{"title":"Chapters III and IV (Strategy Headquarters and Basic Plan) brought into effect by Cabinet Order","publisher":"Japanese Law Translation Database (Ministry of Justice)","url":"https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/ai/ai_hou_gaiyou_en.pdf","document_date":"2025-09-01","document_type":"official","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"}],"related_policies":[],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5066/en","source_title":"Act on Promotion of Research and Development, and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence-related Technology (Act No. 53 of 2025)","source_publisher":"Japanese Law Translation Database (Ministry of Justice)","source_document_date":"2025-06-04","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"high","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Imported from the source-backed legacy dataset (database/data/ai_policies.json); fields limited to what the official source page states. Reviewer to enrich scope, dates and obligations.","reviewed_by":null}}