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Japan’s AI Promotion Act directs national guidelines aligned with international norms

Article 13 requires the national government to establish guidelines in accordance with the purport of international norms.

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What this establishes

The duty is to establish guidelines. Content and enforcement still depend on subsequent instruments.

Why it matters: It links domestic soft guidance to international norms inside a promotion statute.

Limits and context: The article does not itself create private rights of action.

Act No. 53 of 2025 · Article 13

The national government is to establish guidelines in accordance with the purport of the international norms…

Japan’s Act No. 53 of 2025 promotes AI development and directs guidelines. Whether that model outcompetes bans-heavy statutes remains contested.

Pass promotion-focused AI legislation that treats AI as foundational technology and requires government guidelines aligned with international norms.

Japanese statute promoting AI research, development and utilization and directing national guidelines.

Act No. 53 of 2025 on AI-related technology promotion was enacted.