Personal Information Protection Commission (2023) Legal document / regulation

Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) - Consolidated text

Personal Information Protection Commission

Ref: SRC-004-JPN-001

https://www.ppc.go.jp/en/legal/

Accessed: 3/24/2026

Summary

Landing page for Japan's primary data protection legislation (APPI). APPI applies uniformly to public and private sector entities, does not provide special exemptions for employment data, and governs the handling of personal information including job seeker profiles processed by Hello Work. Links to the full translated Act text on Japanese Law Translation.

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Personal Information Protection Commission (2023). Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Consolidated text). Tokyo: PPC. Available at: https://www.ppc.go.jp/en/legal/ (Accessed 24 Mar 2026).

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