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The Japan Actors Union welcomes the Ministry of Justice’s discussion of interpretative guidance on AI use of likenesses and voices. It calls for specific prior consent, accountability for users and platforms, effective remedies, and attention to non-commercial uses and the dignity of deceased people. The union explicitly says these are not yet final conclusions or new law.
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The Japan Actors Union welcomes the Ministry of Justice’s discussion of interpretative guidance on AI use of likenesses and voices. It calls for specific prior consent, accountability for users and platforms, effective remedies, and attention to non-commercial uses and the dignity of deceased people. The union explicitly says these are not yet final conclusions or new law.
Read lines 70–150, focusing on the union’s views in lines 74–102; dated 28 July 2026. The linked Ministry of Justice file 001467268.pdf returned 403, so the original report was not checked. Lines 104–142 are the union’s legal summary, not this archive’s independent legal conclusions. The plain-language attachment was also not checked. The union’s stakeholder position is retained; government adoption of its demands is not claimed.
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The Japan Actors Union welcomes the Ministry of Justice’s discussion of interpretative guidance on AI use of likenesses and voices. It calls for specific prior consent, accountability for users and platforms, effective remedies, and attention to non-commercial uses and the dignity of deceased people. The union explicitly says these are not yet final conclusions or new law.
SRC-0633Body74–102
Japan Actors Union · JA · 2026-07-28
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