AI Business Operator Guidelines (METI / MIC)
A comprehensive AI-operator guideline jointly issued by Japan's METI and MIC in April 2024. Organizes obligations across the developer, provider, and deployer roles.
Definition
The AI Business Operator Guidelines integrate and update prior "AI Ethics Guidelines" and "Human-Centric AI Society Principles" into a single soft-law document. Co-authored by METI and MIC; revised on a rolling basis (Version 1.x).
Ten principles: (1) human-centric, (2) safety, (3) fairness, (4) privacy, (5) security assurance, (6) transparency, (7) accountability, (8) education and literacy, (9) fair competition, (10) innovation. Each principle is mapped to the developer / provider / deployer roles.
Not legally binding, but the de facto reference for government procurement standards and industry self-regulation in Japan. Covers similar ground to the EU AI Act's high-risk requirements while adopting a technology-neutral, risk-based approach.
Lemma Oracle compliance path
Lemma provides the technical substrate for the transparency, explainability, and auditability the guidelines require. docHash + commitments + zero-knowledge proofs turn AI governance reports into concrete evidence.
AI input, model, and output are retained as an audit trail; when accountability is triggered, only the necessary attributes are released through selective disclosure.
Run in parallel with EU AI Act compliance and a globally-operating Japanese company can unify its AI governance across both regimes.