AI & Law@ai_and_law · Post #583 · 06/03/2025, 07:04 AM
🇯🇵Japan’s AI Law: A Blueprint for Soft Governance?
Japan has officially enacted its national AI law — and it’s a clear departure from the EU’s restrictive, risk-based model. The law promotes AI as a strategic economic and innovation asset, not as a technology to be constrained. It establishes broad principles, a future-looking national AI strategy, and decentralizes implementation by empowering local governments.
There are no risk categories, no prohibited AI practices, and no binding transparency obligations — only guidance and oversight mechanisms, with room for future amendments as global standards evolve. Japan’s model aligns with soft law thinking: enabling, not enforcing. It raises a fundamental question for policymakers worldwide — should AI governance prioritize flexibility and economic competitiveness over prescriptive regulation?
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🚀 Japanese Firms Collaborate on Domestic AI Model Development
SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony Group have established a new company named 'Japan AI Foundation Model Development' to create domestic AI foundational models for Japanese businesses. According to Odaily, a SoftBank executive will lead the company, with Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, and Mizuho Bank contributing financially. SoftBank and NEC will handle development, while Honda plans to apply the results to autonomous driving, with Preferred Networks also participating. The company intends to apply for a public call from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, which, if selected, could provide support amounting to 1 trillion yen over five years starting in 2026.
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