Information Policy

• Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading(PDF:1,733KB)

Press Releases

• Locations Chosen for the Trade Ministers' Meeting, the Digital and Technology Ministers' Meeting, and the Climate, Energy, and Environment Ministers' Meeting to Be Held in Connection with the G7 Hiroshima Summit (September 16, 2022)
• METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Nagamine Participates in G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting (September 2, 2022)
• The Trade Ministers' Meeting, the Digital and Technology Ministers' Meeting, and the Climate, Energy, and Environment Ministers' Meeting to Be Held in Connection with the G7 Hiroshima Summit (August 30, 2022)
• Results of FY2021 E-Commerce Market Survey Compiled (August 12, 2022)
• Report "Agile Governance Update -How Governments, Businesses and Civil Society Can Create a Better World By Reimagining Governance-" Compiled (August 8, 2022)
• Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order to Partially Amend the Cabinet Order for Stipulating the Business Category and Scale under Article 4, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Improving Transparency and Fairness of Digital Platforms (Jul 5, 2022)
• Super Creators Certified under the MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project)! (May 27, 2022)
• METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Yoshikawa Participates in the G7 Digital Ministers' Meeting (May 12, 2022)
• Collection of Use Case Examples Expanded Regarding Management Methods for Utilizing Open Source Software and Ensuring Its Security (May 10, 2022)
• Agreement Reached on Declaration to Establish the Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum (April 21, 2022)
• Call for Attention: Strengthening Cybersecurity Measures (March 24, 2022)
• Call Commenced for Public Comments on the Draft Report "Agile Governance Update -How Governments, Businesses and Civil Society Can Create a Better World By Reimagining Governance-" (March 3, 2022)
• Call for Attention: Strengthening Cybersecurity Measures (March 1, 2022)
• Call for Attention: Strengthen Cybersecurity Measures Based on the Recent Situation (February 23, 2022)
• Information Security Service Standards 2nd Edition and Examination and Registration Authority Standards for Information Security Services 2nd Edition Publicized (January 31, 2022)
• "Governance Guidelines for Implementation of AI Principles Ver. 1.1" Compiled (January 28, 2022)
• "Study Group Working toward the Transformation to a Digital Industry" Launched (January 7, 2022)
• GPAI (Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence) Symposium to be Held (January 11, 2022)
• Meeting of Expert Group on Data Free Flow with Trust Held (November 2, 2021)
• “JP-US-EU Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week for the Indo-Pacific Region” was Held (November 1, 2021)
• Outcomes of the 14th ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Policy Meeting (October 22, 2021)
• Results of FY2020 E-Commerce Market Survey Compiled (July 30, 2021)
• METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Sato Participates in G20 Digital Ministers' Meeting (August 6, 2021)
• Report "GOVERNANCE INNOVATION Ver. 2: A Guide to Designing and Implementing Agile Governance" Compiled (July 30, 2021)
• European Blockchain Workshop Held (July 15, 2021)
• Call for Public Comments on "AI Governance Guidelines for Implementation of AI Principles Ver. 1.0" Opens (July 9, 2021)
• A EU-Japan AI Workshop on Monitoring AI Systems’ Operations Held (July 6, 2021)
• New International Standard for Safe Use of IoT Products and Systems Issued (June 21, 2021)
• Eleven Programs Certified as FY2021 1st Mathematics, Data Science and AI Smart Higher Education Programs (Literacy Level) (June 30, 2021)
• Successful Applicants Chosen for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information and Communications Systems (June 16, 2021)
• "Strategy for Semiconductors and the Digital Industry" Compiled (June 4, 2021)
• Super Creators Certified under the MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project)! (May 28, 2021)
• Collection of Use Case Examples Compiled Regarding Management Methods for Utilizing Open Source Software and Ensuring Its Security (April 21, 2021)
• Announcement of the Four Winning Regions in the Sixth Selection of the Local IoT Acceleration Labs Project(April 16, 2021)
• Minister Kajiyama Attends the Global Technology Governance Summit(April 8, 2021)
• Details of Efforts by Digital Transformation Certified Companies, and Logo for Certified Companies Released(April 2, 2021)
• Report Compiled on the Status of the Occurrence of Acts of Unauthorized Computer Access and the Progress of Research and Development on Technology Relating to Access Control Features (March 4, 2021)
• “Practical Guidebook on Data Provision for Fostering Human Resources of Experts in AI and Data Science” Formulated (March 1, 2021)
• Webinar on Potential for Deployment of Open Source-Based Digital ID Platform to be Held (March 2, 2021)
• Japan - US Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week for the Indo-Pacific Region in FY2020 (March 15, 2021)
• MITOU KAIGI 2021 to be Held by Video Conference (March 3, 2021)
• “Study Group on International Taxation in the Digital Economy” to be Inaugurated(March 1, 2021)
• Call for Public Comments on the Draft Report Titled “Governance Innovation ver.2: A Guide to Designing and Implementing Agile Governance” Opens (February 19, 2021)
• Study Group on Creation of Digital Industry to be Inaugurated (February 4, 2021)
• Cabinet Decisions Made on Two Cabinet Orders for the Act on Improving Transparency and Fairness of Digital Platforms (January 26, 2021)
• Call for Public Comments on “AI Governance in Japan Ver. 1.0 (Interim Report by Expert Group on Architecture for AI Principles to be Practiced) Opens (January 15, 2021)
• Study Group on Solving Challenges in Digital Markets and Developing Infrastructures for Next-Generation Transaction Compiles Report “Discussion Paper on Digital Markets - For Solving Social Challenges and Achieving Economic Growth by Transition of Industrial Structures -” (January 8, 2021)
• Services Launched for System for Filing Requests for Subsidies Called “jGrants 2.0” (January 4, 2021)
• “DX Report 2 (Interim Report)” Compiled as Interim Report by Study Group for Acceleration of Digital Transformation (December 28, 2020)
• New Website Listing Free Digital Skills Online Courses (December 24, 2020)
• Alerts to Company Executives to be Issued to Encourage them to Enhance Cybersecurity Efforts in Light of Situations of Recent Cyberattacks (December 18, 2020)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister Munekiyo Attended the High-level Panel on Agile Governance (Teleconference)(December 9, 2020)
• Call for Information on R&D Involving Technologies for Computer-Access Control Functions(December 7, 2020)
• METI State Minister Nagasaka Participates in Online Council Meeting of Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) (December 7, 2020)
• Winners of FY2020 Awards Program Promoting Informatization (November 27, 2020)
• General Meeting for Inauguration of Supply Chain Cybersecurity Consortium (SC3) Held (November 19, 2020)
• Questionnaire Survey for “Digital Transformation Stock Selection (DX Stock) 2021” Program to be Conducted (November 18, 2020)
• Outcomes of the 13th ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity (November 6, 2020)
• IoT Security Safety Framework (IoT-SSF) Formulated (November 5, 2020)
• Supply Chain Cybersecurity Consortium (SC3) to be Inaugurated (October 30, 2020)
• Meeting of Council on Development of Infrastructures for Digital Markets for Realization of Society 5.0 to be Held (October 15, 2020)
• October Campaign to Intensively Encourage Companies to Conduct Self-Diagnoses of Assessment Indices for Digital Management Reforms (“DX Promotion Indices”) (October 1, 2020)
• “Guidebook for Establishing Cybersecurity Systems and Securing Necessary Human Resources” Compiled (September 30, 2020)
• Granting Certificate of Approval to Research Institute as Approved Entity Certifying Security Measures of Companies to Prevent Technological Information from Being Compromised under Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness (September 16, 2020)
• “Guidebook on Corporate Governance for Privacy in Digital Transformation (DX) ver.1.0” Formulated (August 28, 2020)
• Cabinet Decisions on: the Cabinet Order for Stipulating the Enforcement Date of the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information and Communications Technologies; and the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information and Communications Technologies (August 25, 2020)
• “DX Stocks 2020” and “Noteworthy DX Companies 2020” Selected (August 25, 2020)
• Results of Call for Public Comments on Draft Guidelines and Final Guidelines compiled for Handling of Medical Information by Information Systems Providers (August 21, 2020)
• Call for Participants in FY2020 “AI Quest” Program Starts (August 17, 2020)
• Demonstration Plan under the Regulatory Sandbox Scheme Approved (August 6, 2020)
• Provision of gBizIDs to Systems for Administrative Procedures in Local Governments and Other Organizations to Start (August 5, 2020)
• Call Starts for Applicants to Lead the Project for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information Communication Systems/Pioneering Research (Initiative to be Commissioned) (August 7, 2020)
• METI State Minister Makihara Participates in G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting via Video Conference (July 23, 2020)
• Results of FY2019 E-Commerce Market Survey Compiled (July 22, 2020)
• Report “GOVERNANCE INNOVATION: Redesigning Law and Architecture for Society 5.0” Compiled (July 13, 2020)
• Successful Applicants Determined for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information Communication Systems (June 29, 2020)
• Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Founded (June 16, 2020)
• Report on the Recognition of Recent Circumstances Surrounding Industries in relation to Cybersecurity and Directions of Future Efforts Compiled (June 12, 2020)
• Super Creators Certified under Exploratory IT Human Resources Project(May 28, 2020)
• Partial Revision of Act on Facilitation of Information Processing (Act No. 67 of 2019) Comes into Force(May 15, 2020)
• METI State Minister Makihara Participates in Extraordinary G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting via Video Conference(May 1, 2020)
• Report on Discussion Results Concerning Streamlined Approaches to Identity Proofing for Online Services Compiled(April 17, 2020)
• Call to Open for Applicants to Lead the Project for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information Communication Systems (April 15, 2020)
• Invitation for Public Comments on the Draft of “IoT Security Safety Framework“(March 31, 2020)
• Report compiled by Like-minded Members of Working Group on Studying Model Terms and Conditions for Contracts on Data Sharing-type (Platform-type) Contracts as Effort Involving Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data(March 30, 2020)
• Call Opens for Applicants for Second Round of AI Frontier Program for Fostering Human Resources(March 11, 2020)
• Report Compiled on the Status of the Occurrence of Acts of Unauthorized Computer Access and the Progress of Research and Development on Technology Relating to Access Control Features (March 5, 2020)
• Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information Communication Technologies (February 18, 2020)
• Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information Communication Technologies (February 18, 2020)
• Questionnaire Survey toward New Program “Digital Transformation Stock Selection (DX Stock) 2020” to be Conducted (February 4, 2020)
• New System for Filing Requests for Subsidies Called “jGrants” Developed (December 24, 2019)
• Explanatory Meeting on Digital Transformation Stock Selection (Tentative Name) to be Held (January 6, 2020)
• Call for Information on R&D Involving Technologies for Computer-Access Control Functions (December 9, 2019)
• Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data Version 1.1 Formulated (December 9, 2019)
• Joint Commendation Ceremony Held for Winners of the FY2019 Awards Program for Promoting Informatization and the U-22 Programming Contest 2019 (October 23, 2019)
• Tenth U.S.-Japan Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy Held (October 18, 2019)
• The Cabinet Approves the Bill for the Act on Partial Division of the Act on Facilitation of Information Processing (October 15, 2019)
• Winners of FY2019 Awards Program Promoting Informatization (October 11, 2019)
• Release of: Results of Call for Public Comments for the Draft Report on Discussion Results of the Study Group for Ideal Approaches to a Certification Scheme Concerning Verification of the Proper Management of Organizations which Handle Personal Data (hereafter “Scheme Ensuring Trustworthiness of Data-handling Organizations”); and Guidelines for those Certification Schemes. ver. 2.0 (October 8, 2019)
• Subsidy Project for Supporting Businesses in Providing Services Utilizing Networked Household Appliances, Equipment and Other Devices to Start (September 24, 2019)
• Japan - US Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training for Indo-Pacific Region Held (September 12, 2019)
• METI and the IPA Determine Eight Regions as Winners in the Fifth Selection under the Local IoT Acceleration Labs Project (September 6, 2019)
• Assessment Indices for Digital Management Reforms (“DX Promotion Indices”) Compiled (July 31, 2019)
• Report Titled “How to Design ‘Public’ in a digital age” Compiled (August 6, 2019)
• Symposium Titled “Next Generation Computer Creates New Business” Held (July 4, 2019)
• Super Creators Certified under Exploratory IT Human Resources Project (May 24, 2019)
• Results of FY2018 E-Commerce Market Survey Compiled (May 16, 2019)
• Guidelines Formulated for Water Utilities’ Introduction of the System for Utilization of Water Information (May 10, 2019)
• First Partnership Concluded with the Internationale Funkausstellung, Germany (May 7, 2019)
• METI to Hold “Symposium to discuss cyber security measures across the supply chain; Think about cyber security for DFFT (Data Free Flow with Trust) toward G20” (April 26, 2019)
• Cyber/Physical Security Framework (CPSF) Formulated (April 18, 2019)
• List of Services that Meet Information Security Service Standards Updated (April 17, 2019)
• METI and TSE to Hold an Event to Announce the 2019 Selected Competitive IT Strategy Companies and the Selected Noteworthy IT Strategy Companies (March 25, 2019)
• Report on Unauthorized Computer Access and Progress of Access Control Feature Technology (March 22, 2019)
• METI to Hold a Symposium on “Innovative Business Realized by Next-Generation Computing”(March 18, 2019)
• Invitation for Public Comments on the Guidelines for Cyber-Physical Security Measures for Building Systems, First Edition (Draft) (March 11, 2019)
• The Sixth IoT Lab Selection Event Held (March 1, 2019)
• METI to Hold a Symposium on Quantum Computing Technologies (February 18, 2019)
• Third Round of Certification Issued for the Courses on IT-Skill Training to Meet the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (January 17, 2019)
• Invitation for Public Comments on the Draft Cyber/Physical Security Framework (January 9, 2019)

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