Asia-Pacific: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, and Australia

Five democracies, five different answers: Korea’s AI Basic Act — the world’s second horizontal AI statute — beside Japan’s no-penalty promotion law, Singapore’s testing toolkit, India’s labeling rules, and Australia’s bet on existing law.

Content current as of 2026-09.

Lessons

  1. One region, five answers
  2. Korea’s AI Basic Act: the second horizontal law
  3. Japan: governing without penalties
  4. Singapore: the toolkit state
  5. India, Australia, and the regional pattern