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Should states prefer AI promotion statutes to horizontal bans?

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

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Enact AI promotion statutes that direct national guidelines

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

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Japan AI Promotion Act (Act No. 53 of 2025)

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

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  1. 2025-06-04
    Japan enacts AI Promotion Act

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

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Japan’s AI Promotion Act frames AI as fundamental economic and social technology

Article 1 states the statute’s purpose around research, development and utilization of AI-related technology.

a fundamental technology for the development of Japan's economy and society
Japanese Law Translation · Act No. 53 of 2025 · Article 1 (purpose clause, Japanese Law Translation)
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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.

The national government is to establish guidelines in accordance with the purport of the international norms…
Japanese Law Translation · Act No. 53 of 2025 · Article 13

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Japan enacts an AI promotion statute with guideline duties

Act No. 53 of 2025 frames AI-related technology as foundational and directs the national government to establish guidelines aligned with international norms.