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Japan’s defence ministry adopts its basic policy on using AI, with seven priority areas

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Source: Ministry of Defense (Japan)Also reported by Ministry of Defense summary (PDF)

Japan’s Ministry of Defense published its Basic Policy for Promoting the Use of AI on 2 July 2024. It names seven priority areas: target detection and identification, intelligence collection and analysis, command and control, logistics, unmanned assets, cybersecurity and administrative work. It says AI supports human judgement with humans kept involved, and links the push to Japan’s shrinking and ageing population.

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Japanese defence contractors and researchers got a list of where the ministry would spend on AI, and a stated rule that humans stay involved in its use.

When
2 Jul 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0107
Where
Japan
Who
Ministry of Defense (Japan)

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Ministry of Defense (Japan) and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Ministry of Defense (Japan)

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

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WTA-N-2024-0107: “Japan’s defence ministry adopts its basic policy on using AI, with seven priority areas.” wheresthe.ai, 2 Jul 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/jp-mod-ai-basic-policy-2024-07/ (source: Ministry of Defense (Japan)).

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