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Japan's data privacy watchdog to see slight headcount, budget jumps in fiscal 2026

( December 26, 2025, 06:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Japanese data privacy and security regulator will see a small budget increase in the fiscal year that starts in April, according to the budget plan approved by the Cabinet on Friday. The budget, at 3.57 billion yen ($22.9 million), is technically a 14 percent year-on-year cut, but net of one-time expenses incurred for the office move earlier this year, the adjusted 2026 fiscal-year budget, at 3.49 billion yen, is an effective 5.3 percent bump from the previous year, according to the budget statement released by the Personal Information Protection Commission. By March 2027, the headcount will increase by five to 242, as part of its plans to ramp up policymaking and monitoring, it said.Statement, in Japanese, attached....

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