🇯🇵 Japan · Privacy & Data Protection
Data-protection regime (GDPR/CCPA/PIPL and local laws), registration duties, and the official supervisory authority.
In Japan, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) governs how businesses handle personal data, supervised by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC). Organisations must specify the purpose of use, handle data appropriately, manage third-party provision and cross-border transfers, and report serious leaks to the PPC and affected individuals.
- Specify the purpose of use and handle personal data appropriately under the APPI.
- Manage third-party provision and cross-border data transfers under the rules.
- Report serious data leaks to the PPC and to affected individuals.
Official authorities
- Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC)
Official Japanese data-protection authority.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Prime Minister's Office of Japan — Official site of Japan's Prime Minister — cabinet policies, press conferences, policy statements
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan — Japan visa applications, overseas safety info, consular services, and diplomatic policy
- Immigration Services Agency of Japan — Residence status, work visas, permanent residency, and naturalization in Japan
- National Tax Agency (Japan) — Income tax, corporate tax, consumption tax filing and e-Tax online submission