Japan’s Takaichi urges AI security cooperation, seeks early summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for international cooperation on AI security at a France-hosted meeting on November 9, 2026, citing cyberattacks and loss of control as risks that cross borders. Joining online, she said Japan would deepen cooperation on risk assessment and information sharing and seek to host an AI summit soon.

The hybrid meeting brought together national leaders, government agencies and AI-related companies to discuss the security of frontier AI—the most advanced models. French President Emmanuel Macron attended, according to Jiji Press reporting published by The Japan Times.

Shared safety goals, different oversight

According to Japan’s Foreign Ministry readout, Takaichi said countries can share the goal of frontier AI safety while taking different approaches, including to oversight. She urged deeper international discussion about balancing innovation with the management of risks.

Japan points to its governance tools

Takaichi identified the Hiroshima AI Process as one foundation for that cooperation. Japan led its launch at the 2023 Group of Seven meeting, she said, and would encourage other countries to use it. She presented the framework as a common basis for international AI governance that should respond to new challenges as the technology evolves.

At home, she said Japan is reviewing relevant systems, including its AI law, to address those challenges. The AI Safety Institute would provide expertise for closer cooperation with other countries on assessing risks and sharing information.

She also argued that stakeholders recognizing their responsibilities and working together to implement initiatives offered the shortest path to safe AI. The meeting’s discussions covered three areas, according to the ministry:

• A common basis for evaluating frontier AI models.
• Responsibility and accountability.
• Information sharing when incidents occur.

Takaichi placed Japan’s summit ambition within its updated Free and Open Indo-Pacific approach. The intention to host at the earliest opportunity remains unscheduled: the ministry’s account gave no summit date or venue.