Act on Promotion of Research and Development and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence-Related Technology

人工知能関連技術の研究開発及び活用の推進に関する法律

rights policy item·statute·active

Japan's AI framework statute establishes national strategy and government investigation, guidance, and advice functions while emphasizing innovation.

Recorded facts

Official site	https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/ai/ai_act/ai_act.html ↗
Geography	Japan
law number	Act No. 53 of 2025
parties	unknown
item type	statute
identifier	Act No. 53 of 2025
filing date	unknown
jurisdiction	Japan
adoption date	2025-05-28
effective date	2025-09-01
canonical title	Act on Promotion of Research and Development and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence-Related Technology
enforcement date	unknown
issuing authority	National Diet of Japan / Cabinet Office
primary documents	https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/ai/ai_act/ai_act.html
unresolved questions	How Article 16 investigations and guidance will be used in voice or music cases and how cooperation expectations will be operationalized.
affected entity types	AI law; framework governance
documented interpretations	unknown
affected professional workflows	governance programs; incident response; government information requests; risk management
current procedural legal status	Promulgated 4 June 2025; fully effective 1 September 2025.
amendments appeals superseding items	unknown
obligations permissions restrictions	Requires covered actors to cooperate with national AI measures; empowers government to collect and analyze information on rights-infringing AI cases and provide guidance or advice, but does not create a music-specific license regime.
affected organizations models datasets works	AI developers; AI providers; AI users; national government

implements (by)	AI Basic Plan 2025UnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence
implements (by)	Second AI Basic PlanUnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence
supports implementation of (by)	AI Guidelines for Business, Version 1.2UnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence