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Japan opens its AI Safety Institute inside the IPA, led by Akiko Murakami

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Source: Japan AI Safety Institute

Japan launched its AI Safety Institute (J-AISI) on 14 February 2024 within the Information-technology Promotion Agency, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced it in December 2023. Led by executive director Akiko Murakami and overseen by a council of ministries in the Cabinet Office, it works on AI safety evaluation methods, red-teaming procedures and standards, and with the UK and US institutes.

Why it matters

Developers and companies in Japan got a government body writing AI safety evaluation and red-teaming guidance, linked to the UK and US institutes testing frontier models.

When
14 Feb 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0035
Where
Japan
Who
Japan AI Safety Institute, Information-technology Promotion Agency; Akiko Murakami

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Japan AI Safety Institute. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Japan AI Safety Institute

Source copy: download the source PDF as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Document the source offers: the source PDF. Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0035: “Japan opens its AI Safety Institute inside the IPA, led by Akiko Murakami.” wheresthe.ai, 14 Feb 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/jp-ai-safety-institute-launch-2024-02/ (source: Japan AI Safety Institute).

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