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Regulating Emerging Technology and Privacy in Japan

Jan•30•25

3:30pm - 4:30pm

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765 Commonwealth Avenue, Redstone Room 10th Floor

Join us for a conversation with technology law experts from Japan to explore how the country is approaching regulating artificial intelligence, robots, data, and more. Please note, that due to room capacity, we are limiting attendance to the first 30 registrants. Thank you for your understanding!

Moderator:
Woodrow Hartzog

Panelists:
Fumio Shimpo, Keio University
Takayuki Kato, Toyo University
Maciej Sokolowski, University of Warsaw and Keio University
Kimie Hatakeyama, Keio University

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Speakers

Woodrow Hartzog

Woodrow Hartzog

Professor of Law

Takayuki Kato

Professor of Law, Toyo University

Takayuki Kato

Professor of Law, Toyo University
Takayuki KATO is professor of law at Toyo University teaching constitutional law and holds Ph.D. degree from Chuo University on the book titled Boundaries of Constraint on Sexually Explicit Expression (Minervashobo 2008). He has many publications in the area of equality, freedom of speech, privacy, data protection, and AI and law. His recent published book titled Difference between Right to Privacy and Protection of Personal Information (Maruzen Publishing 2022) analyses the legal systems of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Japan and particularly addresses on the guarantee of privacy rights in the 17th century of the UK.

Kimie Hatakeyama

Project Research Associate, Keio University

Kimie Hatakeyama

Project Research Associate, Keio University
Project Research Associate at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University. Currently a project member of the Cabinet Office's Moonshot R&D Project Goal 1: "Realization of a Society that can Use Cybernetic Avatars Safely and Securely." Engaged in research on AI ethical principles, cultural differences in AI ethics, and the social acceptance of avatar technology.

Maciej M. Sokołowski

Associate Professor, Keio University

Fumio Shimpo

Professor of Law, Keio University

Fumio Shimpo

Professor of Law, Keio University
Fumio Shimpo, PhD, is a Professor of Law at the Faculty of Policy Management of Keio University. Professor Shimpo is an active scholar in the fields of data protection, privacy, information law, AI, and robot law in Japan. He serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Association of Law and Information Systems, the Executive Director of the Japanese Constitutional Law Society, a Board Member of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research, the Director of the Law and Computer Society, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Information and Communications Policy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. He was previously the Commissioner for International Academic Exchange at the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (2018–2023) and the former Vice-Chair of the OECD Working Party on Security and Privacy in the Digital Economy (2009–2016).

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