Japan's AI事業者ガイドライン（第1.2版） targets agent governance

The guidelines arrive as agent-building tools have become common in ordinary departments. Microsoft Copilot Studio and Dify let business-side staff create agents, which makes it hard for IT to know who built an agent, what it connects to, and who maintains it. When a creator transfers or leaves, an agent with permissions can remain without an owner. That gap is the backdrop for the guidelines' focus on giving each agent its own ID and a named responsible person.

Alongside Japan's guidelines, other frameworks are moving in the same direction: Singapore's IMDA published Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI on 2026年1月22日, and the EU agreed in May 2026 to delay applying high-risk AI obligations. International standards and vendor tooling include ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, and agent management tools from Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. For Japanese companies, the practical link is that public guidelines can serve as the stated basis when internal rules are reviewed by management or auditors.