AI & DATA

Japanese legal and regulatory counsel for AI and software companies entering Japan — data protection, AI governance, and contracts, with a lawyer who understands the technology.

FEATURES

Japan's regulation for AI and software, made navigable

  • 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)

SERVICES

  • 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.