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Tezuka plans to balance approach to data protection in the 'Japanese way’

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( June 11, 2025, 05:45 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s new data protection chief aims to harmonize Japan’s framework with the data protection regimes in the US and Europe but he plans to pursue a “Japanese way” of balancing innovation and regulation. In an exclusive interview with MLex, Satoru Tezuka set out his plans to protect individual rights in Japan while not stifling artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. Among Tezuka’s first challenges will be bridging the gap between proponents and opponents of an administrative fine system. Japan’s new data protection chief aims to harmonize Japan’s framework with the data protection regimes in the US and Europe but he plans to pursue a “Japanese way” of balancing innovation and regulation....

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