Bill to ease data protection law for AI development clears Japan's lower house

Japan Cabinet OKs easing data protection law to promote AI development

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to revise the personal data protection law, easing restrictions on using individual inform

Japan relaxes privacy laws to make AI development easy

: Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoption

Government to ease data consent rules for AI development | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

To accelerate artificial intelligence development, the government plans to relax consent requirements for access to personal information while introducing tougher penalties for intentional misuse.

Unauthorized access, personal data leaks surge in Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

A series of cyberattacks have led to leaks of large amounts of personal data from companies across Japan. Experts say the misuse of AI may be contributing to the growing threat. As this new challenge emerges, how should companies, and society as a whole, respond?

Japan data leaks mount as experts point to AI misuse

TOKYO -- Japanese companies and local governments have recently disclosed a series of personal data leaks. A white-hat hacker who monitors malicious c

GDPR for AI Systems: 2026 Compliance Guide (with EU AI Act Updates)

How to make AI systems GDPR-compliant in 2026 — the practitioner roadmap covering EU AI Act overlap, EDPB Opinion 28/2024, DPIAs, data minimization, sub-processor cascades, and the technical controls lawyers don't explain.

Japan data leaks: Which poses greatest risk, licenses, credit cards or My Number cards?

TOKYO -- Leaks of personal information held by companies and other organizations have surged due to unauthorized access. The compromised data ranges f

Where AI Regulation Stands Today

The White House has released a National Artificial Intelligence Legislative Framework and new executive orders aiming to establish a single, nationwide standard for AI regulation...

AI and Doctrinal Collapse

Artificial intelligence runs on data. But the two legal regimes that govern data—information privacy law and copyright law—are under pressure. Formally, each re

New Japanese Espionage Law Would Need to Respect Rights

During a parliamentary session on November 26, 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government would soon consider new legislation on “spy prevention.”

We Need A New Kind Of Data Rights

Associational data rights would empower communities to reclaim power from Big Tech

Information and Communications in Japan 2024

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

The UK tech energy grab: how AI data centres are delaying the building of homes

Artificial intelligence infrastructure is being handed priority access to Britain's overwhelmed electricity grid, pushing housing down the list. But as the US shows, there's an alternative: make Big Tech pay for the power it needs. Report by Nicole Kobie