Japan to promote free cross-border data flow in G7 meeting

Japan will promote the free cross-border data flow concept at the G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has designated Apple, iTunes K.K., and Google under a new law aimed at preventing market dominance in areas like app stores and search engines.

Japan confirmed it will promote free cross-border data flow this weekend at the Group of Seven (G7) Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting. Namely, Japan aims to push its 2019 “Data Free Flow with Trust” (DFFT) concept and launch an institutional framework to foster it. With the new institutional framework, Japan plans to start projects that businesses can reference, such as the ‘building of a database of different countries’ data-related regulations.’

The meeting is also expected to touch upon the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT, to which Japan stressed the need to implement international rules.