{"slug":"japan-ai-guidelines-for-business","title":"AI Guidelines for Business","short_title":"AI Guidelines for Business","jurisdiction":"japan","instrument_type":"guidance","status":"guidance","is_binding":false,"issuing_body":"Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications","summary_plain":"The AI Guidelines for Business consolidate Japan's previous AI R&D, utilisation and governance guidelines into a single non-binding document addressed to AI developers, providers and business users. They set common guiding principles (such as human-centricity, safety, fairness, privacy, security, transparency and accountability) and describe agile governance practices, with an appendix of practical methods and checklists. The guidelines are updated periodically; version 1.0 was issued in April 2024 and version 1.2 in March 2026.","adopted_on":"2024-04-19","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.meti.go.jp/shingikai/mono_info_service/ai_shakai_jisso/index.html","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-09-11T14:53:03+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/japan-ai-guidelines-for-business","status_note":"METI pages block automated fetches (HTTP 403/202) but were loaded and read in a browser session; version dates come from the METI committee index page. Principle list summarised from general knowledge of the guidelines, not re-read from the PDFs.","scope_summary":"Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Oversight: METI and MIC jointly maintain; secretariat shared with IPA/AI Safety Institute; voluntary adoption by developers, providers and users. Stated purpose: Unify earlier AI ethics and governance guidelines into one voluntary, risk-based guide for business.","who_it_applies_to":null,"key_dates_summary":"2024-04-19: AI Guidelines for Business Ver1.0 published; 2026-03-31: Ver1.2 published","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":"AI Guidelines for Business","publisher":"Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry","url":"https://www.meti.go.jp/shingikai/mono_info_service/ai_shakai_jisso/index.html","document_date":"2024-04-19","document_type":"guidance","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"},{"title":"AI Guidelines for Business Ver1.0 published","publisher":"Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry","url":"https://www.meti.go.jp/shingikai/mono_info_service/ai_shakai_jisso/20240419_report.html","document_date":"2024-04-19","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.meti.go.jp/shingikai/mono_info_service/ai_shakai_jisso/index.html","source_title":"AI Guidelines for Business","source_publisher":"Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry","source_document_date":"2024-04-19","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","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}}