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5 developments involving Digital Agency in 1 country or body. The most recent is Japan’s new AI reform council meets and puts a review of the AI Act on its agenda, 22 Oct 2026.
KeyStory
- Japan’s new AI reform council meets and puts a review of the AI Act on its agenda
Japan’s government has put a review of its AI Act on a timetable, with an interim summary due by the end of 2026 and a reform summary around June 2027.
- Japan’s Cabinet sets up an AI and Digital Reform Promotion Council chaired by the Chief Cabinet Secretary
Japan now has one cabinet-level body for AI and digital reform with a mandate to rewrite regulation and operating rules across the economy, replacing the 2023 digital reform council.
- Japan opens AI agent tools to 180,000 government staff and publishes the Gennai standard
Government staff in Japan can now build and run their own AI agents under a published standard, and local governments and companies get the same software and standard to copy from early 2027.
- Digital Agency seeks 50 to 100 local authorities for AI inquiry trial
The Digital Agency says the trial aims to ease and cut the effort of local government staff in making inquiries to government bodies, and will test the tool’s usefulness and problems before any wider rollout.
- Japan convenes second meeting on digital talent development policy
The ministries responsible for education, labour and industry, together with the Information-technology Promotion Agency, presented their digital talent development work to the study group.