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Japan merges three AI guidelines into one voluntary set for businesses

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Source: MIC: Publication of the AI Guidelines for Business

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry published the AI Guidelines for Business version 1.0 on 19 April 2024 after public comment. The voluntary guidelines merge the earlier AI R&D Guidelines, AI Utilization Guidelines and Governance Guidelines for Implementation of AI Principles, and they set out duties for three groups: AI developers, AI providers and AI business users. The ministries call it a living document to be updated.

Why it matters

Companies building or using AI in Japan got one voluntary government reference for AI risk practice, which the ministries have since updated to version 1.2.

When
19 Apr 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0095
Where
Japan
Who
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from MIC. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Documents the source offers: document 1 (PDF), document 2 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0095: “Japan merges three AI guidelines into one voluntary set for businesses.” wheresthe.ai, 19 Apr 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/jp-ai-guidelines-for-business-2024-04/ (source: MIC: Publication of the AI Guidelines for Business).

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