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Japan’s Second Artificial Intelligence Basic Plan

Strategy State lawEastern Asia · JPadopted

Japan’s Second Artificial Intelligence Basic Plan establishes a comprehensive national strategy to advance AI transformation, focusing on accelerating AI deployment, strengthening development capabilities, leading responsible agile governance, and building an AI-powered society. The plan prioritizes vertical AI, physical AI, and agentic AI to address domestic challenges like population decline while ensuring trustworthy AI and maintaining national economic and security strengths.

Summary and content fields are drawn from the document text and are pending editorial review.

Who issued it

Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet OfficeGovernment · JP

Lead issuer

Legal forceLegally binding

Under whose authorityState law

Judged fromfull text

Who it governs

National governmentPublic sector bodiesCompaniesAI developers and providersAI deployers and usersResearchers and academics

Government officials, policymakers, businesses, and researchers seeking to understand Japan's national roadmap and strategic framework for artificial intelligence development and deployment.

Sectors

Cross-sectorPublic administrationResearch and science

What the document contains

What's covered

The document addresses national policies for accelerating AI deployment across society and government, strengthening domestic AI development capabilities from infrastructure to foundation models, leading international and domestic AI governance frameworks, and transforming industrial structures, employment, and education for an AI-powered society.

What's missing

The text does not contain binding individual legal penalties for private citizens or specific technical enforcement criteria for frontier models outside of governmental guidelines and future subordinate regulations.

Key takeaways

The plan sets forth a national strategy for Japan to achieve AI Transformation (AX) and become the most AI-friendly country in the world.
It emphasizes the integration of domain-specific vertical AI and physical AI to solve critical on-the-ground challenges such as labor shortages.
Responsible agile governance is promoted to address increasingly complex risks like autonomous cyberattacks and copyright issues.
The government leads by example through the wide deployment of Government AI "GENAI" across public sector operations.
Public-private investments are targeted across the entire AI ecosystem, including semiconductors, data centers, and compute infrastructure.

Principles it states

Promoting innovation while mitigating risksTrial, learning and iterationAgile responseAdvancing integrated domestic and international policies

Outline

· Chapter 1 Basic Concept
· Chapter 2 Basic Policies on Measures for Promoting Research and Development, and Deployment of AI-related Technology
· Chapter 3 Measures that the Government Should Comprehensively and Systematically Implement to Promote Research and Development, and Utilization of AI-related Technology
· Chapter 4 Matters Necessary for the Government to Comprehensively and Systematically Advance Measures for Promoting Research and Development, and Deployment of AI-related Technology

Issued14 July 2026

Length10,739 words · 25 pages

FormatNot recorded

Scopenational

How it scores

Pending review

Each score is backed by a quote verified against the document text. Editorial review has not yet confirmed them.

Accountability

4/5

Clear responsibility for AI outcomes

While ensuring transparency leading to appropriate protection and utilization of intellectual property, promote compensation return to content holders and related parties

Chapter 3, Section 4, (2)(iii)

screening score · 2026-10-24

Fairness

3/5

Non-discrimination and equitable treatment

By placing emphasis on diversity and inclusion, eliminating disparities in use due to age, region, and other factors, and enabling society as a whole to proactively deploy AI, we will realize AI innovation.

Chapter 3, Section 1

screening score · 2026-10-24

Human Dignity

4/5

Respect for the inherent worth of persons

While upholding a human-centered AI society in which individual dignity is respected, Japan will fundamentally strengthen its AI implementation capabilities

Chapter 1

screening score · 2026-10-24

Privacy

4/5

Protection of personal data and private life

Proceed with the development of subordinate regulations and other measures to ensure the smooth enforcement of the “Act to Partially Amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and Other Related Acts

Chapter 3, Section 1, (3)(v)

screening score · 2026-10-24

Transparency

4/5

Openness about how AI systems work and are used

Develop rules for administrative bodies to introduce AI agents, and, in order to protect citizens’ rights and ensure transparency and fairness, organize points to note when deploying AI in administrative affairs.

Chapter 3, Section 3, (1)(ii)

screening score · 2026-10-24

Enforcement

4/5

Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force

Proceed with the development of subordinate regulations and other measures to ensure the smooth enforcement of the “Act to Partially Amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and Other Related Acts

Chapter 3, Section 1, (3)(v)

screening score · 2026-10-24

Impact Assessment

4/5

Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use

proceed with vulnerability assessments of critical government-wide systems using highly capable frontier AI

Chapter 3, Section 3, (1)(v)

screening score · 2026-10-24

Topics

artificial_intelligence national_strategy agentic_ai ai_governance digital_transformation