European Union: EU and Japan signed cooperation arrangement on digital platform regulation

On 5 May 2026, the European Commission services responsible for the enforcement of the Digital Services Act concluded a cooperation arrangement with Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications during the fourth meeting of the EU–Japan Digital Partnership Council in Brussels. The arrangement aims to support the respective supervisory activities of both authorities with regard to online platforms under the Digital Services Act and Japan’s Information Distribution Platform Act. Areas of collaboration include platform transparency obligations and notice-and-action mechanisms. Cooperation is expected to take place through technical expert dialogues, joint training for staff, exchanges of best practices, joint studies, and coordinated research activities.