Commission services sign cooperation arrangement with Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to support the enforcement of digital platform regulation
International digital platform regulation cooperation with limited direct AI governance content - low priority for APS AI practitioners.
Key points
- EU and Japan signed a cooperation arrangement on digital platform regulation, covering the DSA and Japan's Information Distribution Platform Act.
- Australia's eSafety Commissioner has a similar arrangement with the EU, including a trilateral age assurance cooperation group with Ofcom.
- This item is primarily about online platform regulation and online safety - AI is mentioned only in a related press release headline.
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"Commission services sign cooperation arrangement with Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to support the enforcement of digital platform regulation"
Source: EU Digital Strategy – News
Published: 5 May 2026
URL: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-services-sign-cooperation-arrangement-japans-ministry-internal-affairs-and
During the fourth EU-Japan Digital Partnership Council meeting, the European Commission signed a cooperation arrangement with Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on digital platform regulation, focusing on transparency requirements and notice-and-action mechanisms under the DSA and Japan's equivalent law. The Commission noted it has similar arrangements with the UK's Ofcom and Australia's eSafety Commissioner, with all three parties participating in a trilateral cooperation group on age assurance. AI is not a substantive focus of this item; a related press release covers broader EU-Japan cooperation on AI and data separately.
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