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Japan cabinet approves personal data-law amendment bill

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( April 7, 2026, 09:17 GMT | Insight) -- The Japanese Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information for submission to parliament. The proposed amendments combine stricter enforcement with regulatory easing. They would introduce an administrative fine system and strengthen protections for children’s data and certain biometric data, while allowing broader use of personal data for artificial-intelligence training and easing some data-breach notification requirements.The Japanese Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, or APPI, for submission to parliament....

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