Core Viewpoint - Japan aims to leverage its high-quality data resources to advance the development of domestic AI, supported by government strategies and investments [2][4]. Group 1: Government Strategy - The Japanese government will hold its first meeting of the AI Strategy Headquarters, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, to discuss the core plan of the AI basic plan, which is based on the "AI Promotion Law" enacted on September 1 [4]. - The strategic plan emphasizes that despite Japan's late start in AI development compared to the US and China, there is still an opportunity for Japan to catch up [4]. - The core components of the plan include: (1) promoting applications, (2) strengthening development, (3) leading governance, and (4) driving sustainable transformation towards an AI society [4]. Group 2: Data Quality and Talent Acquisition - The plan highlights Japan's advantage in high-quality AI data and data reliability, describing it as a "winning path" [6]. - Specific measures include attracting skilled developers from both domestic and international sources and enhancing Japanese language data [6]. - The issue of "data poisoning," which leads to AI malfunctions due to tampered training data, is recognized as a significant problem, making data accuracy and reliability increasingly important [6]. Group 3: Cultural Integration in AI Development - The Japanese government will support the development of high-reliability domestic AI that integrates Japanese culture, customs, and language data [7]. - The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has begun joint research with KDDI on Japanese language-specific generative AI, with a large language model (LLM) featuring 311 billion parameters, the largest among Japanese-specific models [7].