AI & DATA

• •

  Data Protection & Cross-Border Transfer (APPI)

  Lawful handling of the personal data of people in Japan, including consent design and cross-border transfer (adequacy countries, conforming-system safeguards)

  Sensitive and biometric data, and the local-representative requirement that applies to businesses based outside Japan

• •

  AI Governance (AI Promotion Act & Guidelines)

  Japan's soft-law framework under the AI Promotion Act and the AI Business Operator Guidelines

  Practical compliance across the developer, provider, and user roles

• •

  Training Data & Copyright (Article 30-4)

  The Copyright Act's information-analysis exception that allows machine-learning use of works — its scope and its limits

• •

  Contracts for AI & SaaS

  Localizing master service agreements, terms of service, and EULAs to Japanese law

  Consumer protection for B2C products (Consumer Contract Act, Specified Commercial Transactions Act)

• ・APPI cross-border data transfer assessment and consent design
• ・Local-representative requirement analysis for businesses based outside Japan
• ・AI Promotion Act / AI Business Operator Guidelines compliance review
• ・Article 30-4 training-data analysis
• ・Localization of terms of service, privacy policies, and EULAs to Japanese law
• ・Regulatory review for AI product and service launch in Japan
• etc.

Setting up a company? See our fixed-fee company incorporation.