In December 2025, Japan’s Cabinet Office released a draft framework for public comment entitled “Principle Code on Intellectual Property Protection and Transparency for the Appropriate Utilization of Generative AI” (“Principle Code”). The draft has since drawn the close attention of
Apple Inc. is being forced to open its ecosystem—just not everywhere, and not all at once. From Tokyo to Seoul to Brussels, regulators are rewriting the rules of platform governance, often with different assumptions, tools, and end goals.
The Prime Ministers of Canada and Japan have signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to enhance cooperation in defense, energy, trade, and technology. This agreement includes establishing dialogues on economic security and cyber policy, expanding military collaboration through joint exercises, and
作者：冯晓鹏 邓惠 李思然
近年来国际形势发生一系列重大变化，日本对华相关政策持续突破底线、愈发激进，美国国际贸易委员会(USITC)近期启动调查，拟评估撤销中国永久正常贸易关系（PNTR）待遇的影响，我国在经贸领域面临的单边遏制与风险挑战持续升级。
面对美日等国家频繁发起的遏制打压、扰乱正常国际贸易秩序的行为，我国始终坚持底线思维、法治思维、系统思维，以法律体系建设为基础，通过加征关税、出口管制等一系列法治化手段精准回应，打造我国应对外部安全威胁、维护国家利益和国家安全的工具箱体系。2月24日我国商务部再次发布收紧对日两用物项出口管制的措施，包括将20家参与提升日本军事实力的日本实体列入出口管制管控名单，同时将另外20家无法核实两用物项最终用户、最终用途的日本实体列入关注名单便是其中的具体实践。
On January 31, 2026, the governments of Japan and the United Kingdom announced they were strengthening their cybersecurity collaboration through a bilateral Strategic Cyber Partnership (Partnership).
The post Geopolitics and Cybersecurity: Japan and the UK Announce Strategic Cyber Partnership Among
Gregory Hayes, a 2025 graduate of Northwestern Law, has published The Failings of Post-War Japanese Antitrust Reforms, in the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business:This paper discusses the antitrust reform measures taken during the occupation of
On 22 November 2025, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) announced the publication of a “Casebook on Economic Security and the Antimonopoly
It is reported that the Cabinet Office has initiated an investigation into the Chinese technology firm ByteDance following reports that its video-generation AI was used to create unauthorized content featuring prominent Japanese intellectual property and political figures. Economic Security Minister
From “Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled over badly behaved tourists” (BBC).
It is reported that TSMC has announced a significant expansion of its Japanese operations, committing to mass-produce advanced 3-nanometer semiconductors at its second fabrication plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. During a meeting in Tokyo, CEO C.C. Wei informed Japanese Prime Minister
