Dialogues with Experts

To appropriately address various issues surrounding digital platform operators and fulfill social responsibilities, LY Corporation and the Group companies incorporate the opinions of experts from a variety of fields and sincerely consider these issues while ensuring fairness and objectivity. 

As of January 6, 2025

Expert Panel on AI Ethics

Examines the future of AI technology use and its ethical aspects in a digital society.

Purpose Established to clarify the basic policies necessary to enable users to use services and AI technologies without anxiety in a digital society, and to formulate effective voluntary rules.
Matters deliberated
  • How AI technology should be used, and ethical aspects taking into account the needs of society
  • Compatibility of the Basic Policy on AI Ethics with the needs of users and society, from the standpoints of legal systems and technology
  • Consistency of the voluntary rules with the Basic Policy on AI Ethics, and effectiveness of the voluntary rules
Members
(without honorifics)		 Takehiro OHYA (Chairperson/Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)
Shigeo KAWASHIMA (Associate Professor, School of Cultural and Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University)
Machiko SAKAI (Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo)
Hideaki TAKEDA (Professor, Principles of Informatics Research Division, National Institute of Informatics)
Akira TAJIMA (Head of LY Research)
Hiroki HABUKA (Project Professor at Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University.)
Period 1st meeting June 22, 2021
2nd meeting October 5, 2021
3rd meeting December 10, 2021
4th meeting February 14, 2022
5th meeting May 9, 2022
6th meeting March 13, 2023
7th meeting October 17, 2023
8th meeting February 20, 2024
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Expert Panel on Handling Requests for Information Disclosure From Investigative Agencies and Ensuring Their Transparency

Examines policy on how to respond to request for information disclosure from investigative agencies, etc., and how the response status should be disclosed.

Purpose Established for the purpose of discussing the policy on how to respond to request for information disclosure from investigative agencies, etc., for criminal investigation and lifesaving, and how transparency reports should be disclosed, based on opinions from experts in criminal law, privacy, information security, etc.
Matters deliberated
  • Policy on how to respond to request for information disclosure from investigative agencies, etc.
  • How transparency reports should be disclosed
Members
(without honorifics)		 Masahide MAEDA (Chairperson/Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Kaori ISHII (Professor, Faculty of Global Informatics, Chuo University)
Shiho KONNO (Lawyer, Shiho Konno Habataki Law Office)
Kiyoshi YASUTOMI (Professor Emeritus, Keio University, Lawyer (Advisor, Atsumi & Sakai))
Period 1st meeting March 10, 2021
2nd meeting June 9, 2021
3rd meeting November 1, 2021
4th meeting September 5, 2023
5th meeting July 2, 2024
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Expert Panel on Privacy Based on Users’ Standpoint

Examines privacy measures implemented when handling user data.

Purpose Established to objectively and rigorously evaluate whether the privacy-related measures and details and processes of information disclosure implemented when the LY Corporation Group utilizes user data, can meet the expectations of its users and society, and to make improvements.
Matters deliberated
  • How data should be handled and data protection policy
  • Response to regulations on privacy such as the Act on the Protection of Personal Information
Members
(without honorifics)		 Hiroshi KAWAGUCHI (Representative Director, Kawaguchi Sekkei, Inc.)
Tadashi KUNIHIRO (Outside Director, LY Corporation)
Masahiko SHOJI (Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Musashi University)
Masatomo SUZUKI (Professor, Graduate School of Modern Society and Culture/Faculty of Law, Niigata University; President, Japan Institute of Law and Information Systems)
Mari SONODA (Adviser, LY Corporation)
Miki NAGATA (Information Communication Consumer Network)
Ryoji MORI (Attorney-at-Law, Eichi Law Offices)
Period

Meetings held by former Yahoo Japan Corporation

<Advisory Board for Privacy>
August 15, 2019
1st meeting of Advisory Board for Privacy
  • Revision of the Privacy Policy
  • Actions to be taken for Yahoo! JAPAN Score
Details of the 1st meeting (Japanese only)pdf
January 29, 2020
2nd meeting of Advisory Board for Privacy
  • Reactions to the revision of the Privacy Policy and actions to be taken when adding Group companies
  • Data solutions business
  • Pilot program on personalization
  • Initiatives related to Yahoo! JAPAN Score
Details of the 2nd meeting (Japanese only)pdf
March 12, 2020
3rd meeting of Advisory Board for Privacy
  • Utilization of data in relation to efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Details of the 3rd meeting (Japanese only)pdf
April 10, 2020
4th meeting of Advisory Board for Privacy
  • Provision of statistical data in relation to efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Details of the 4th meeting (Japanese only)pdf
October 9, 2020
5th meeting of Advisory Board for Privacy
  • How data should be handled, etc. in relation to the business integration
    Note: There was a comment regarding data integration with LINE Corporation on the premise that it was a separate entity. However, since Yahoo Japan Corporation was set to merge with Z Holdings Corporation and LINE Corporation, the data integration with LINE Corporation, assuming the two companies were separate entities, was not implemented.
  • Introduction of Privacy Impact Assessment (report)
December 16, 2020
6th meeting of Advisory Board for Privacy
  • Handling of data, etc. related to the business integration 2
    Note: There was a comment regarding data integration with LINE Corporation on the premise that it was a separate entity. However, since Yahoo Japan Corporation was set to merge with Z Holdings Corporation and LINE Corporation, the data integration with LINE Corporation, assuming the two companies were separate entities, was not implemented.

Meetings held by former Z Holdings Corporation

<Expert Panel on Privacy>
1st meeting November 17, 2021
  • Handling of data, etc. in the Z Holdings Group
  • Data usage related to credit analysis within the Group for the financial services
Details of the 1st meetingpdf
<Expert Panel on Privacy Based on Users' Standpoint>
1st meeting February 8, 2022
Based on the proposals received from the Special Advisory Committee on Global Data Governance, the Company renamed the Expert Panel and invited new members in order to reinforce the horizontal and vertical governance structure as well as to fulfill its accountability to the users and society.
  • About Basic Policy on Data Protection
  • Revision of Privacy Policy in response to the Revised Act on the Protection of Personal Information, etc.
  • How data should be handled, etc. in the Z Holdings Group
Details of the 1st meetingpdf
2nd meeting June 14, 2023
  • Handling of data at LY Corporation after the merger 1
*More details to be added
3rd meeting July 26, 2023
  • Handling of data at LY Corporation after the merger 2
*More details to be added
4th meeting September 5, 2023
  • Administrative guidance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to Yahoo Japan Corporation （Issued on August 30, 2023)
*More details to be added

Meetings held by LY Corporation

<Expert Panel on Privacy Based on Users' Standpoint>
5th meeting February 5, 2024
  • Unauthorized access by a third party
*More details to be added
6th meeting April 8, 2024
  • Assignments received at the expert panel meeting
  • Response to administrative guidance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
*More details to be added
7th meeting July 24, 2024
  • Progress of response to unauthorized access by a third party
  • Assignments received at the panel meeting
*More details to be added
8th meeting December 2, 2024
  • Report on the error affecting the Albums feature of LINE app
  • 3rd report on information leakage due to unauthorized access submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Personal Information Protection Commission
  • Initiatives to enhance trust
*More details to be added
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Past Expert Panels

Expert Panel on Democracy in the Digital Era

Examines various issues surrounding digital platforms and the impact of digital platforms on modern democracy.

Purpose As a company engaged in the platform business providing the infrastructure for information distribution, LY Corporation established the Panel to examine the future of democracy in the digital era, and to study from a broad perspective, the roles expected of digital platform operators and response policies.
Matters deliberated
  • Various issues surrounding digital platforms such as fake news
  • Impact of the state of digital platforms on modern democracy
  • Roles expected of digital platform operators and response policies
Members
(without honorifics)		 Tatsuhiko YAMAMOTO (Chairperson/Professor, Keio University Law School)
Hajime OGAWA (Visiting Editorial Writer , The Mainichi Newspapers)
Yuko KAWAI (Attorney-at-Law, Nishimura & Asahi)
Manabu SHINTANI (Director, Bungei Shunju Ltd.; General Manager, Bungei Shunju)
Tateshi HIGUCHI (Former Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department, Former Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar)
Shuichiro HOSHI (Professor, Faculty of Law, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Shinichi YAMAGUCHI (Associate Professor, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan)
Period First Half
1st meeting January 20, 2021
2nd meeting April 7, 2021
3rd meeting May 31, 2021
4th meeting July 7, 2021
5th meeting August 3, 2021
6th meeting October 11, 2021
7th meeting January 12, 2022
Second Half
1st meeting October 21, 2022
2nd meeting December 16, 2022
3rd meeting February 8, 2023
4th meeting May 9, 2023
5th meeting July 25, 2023
6th meeting October 24, 2023
7th meeting January 30, 2024
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