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Japan: Physical AI Governance Atlas
Japan carries 3 records on the Physical AI Governance Atlas as of September 2026: 3 verified at a primary source, 0 reported, 0 announced with no document yet, 0 searched and absent, and 0 open questions. By kind: binding law 1, program or strategy 2.
Binding law
1 record
Japan wrote robot rules into occupational safety law in the 1980s, and they still govern every industrial robot there
Japan · verified 15 September 2026
Article 150-3 requires written procedures for teaching work inside the operating range, a way for the worker or a watcher to stop the robot immediately, and a sign preventing others from using the start switch.
Program or strategy
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Japan's robot adoption programme is a regional network run by the ministry, aimed at labour shortage rather than at rules
Japan · verified 16 September 2026
METI's release of 30 June 2025 says the RING Project aims to accelerate robot adoption projects to eliminate regional labor shortages across all Japan.
Japan is funding a domestic foundation model for physical AI, and calls the on site data its winning path
Japan · verified 16 September 2026
METI states that realizing physical AI by leveraging on site data generated across its broad range of industries is a winning path for Japan.
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What binds a robot maker or deployer in Japan?
Japan wrote robot rules into occupational safety law in the 1980s, and they still govern every industrial robot there (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a robot maker or a deployer.
What is the state funding or planning in Japan?
Japan's robot adoption programme is a regional network run by the ministry, aimed at labour shortage rather than at rules (verified); Japan is funding a domestic foundation model for physical AI, and calls the on site data its winning path (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a robot maker or a deployer.
What has nobody settled in Japan?
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