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Japanese data protection law amendment likely to come next year, senior official says

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( June 4, 2025, 07:41 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s data protection regulator is unlikely to submit a long-awaited amendment to the country’s personal-information law during the current parliamentary session, which ends June 22, due to slow deliberations and the need to build broader consensus, a senior official told MLex. Kiyoshi Sawaki, secretary general of the Personal Information Protection Commission, or PPC, said the commission remains committed to submitting a bill to amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, or APPI, but the timeline has slipped to later this year or next year.Japan’s data protection regulator is unlikely to submit a long-awaited amendment to the country’s personal-information law during the current parliamentary session, which ends June 22, due to slow deliberations and the need to build broader consensus, a senior official told MLex....

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