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Japan's Cabinet adopts the Phase II Artificial Intelligence Basic Plan

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Cabinet decision on the Phase II Artificial Intelligence Basic Plan

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A revision only 7 months after Phase I was finalized. Japan puts agile governance into practice as an actual revision cycle

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