House of Councillors Committee on Cabinet
- Type
- Body with AI jurisdiction and named seats
- Place
- Japan
- Local name
- 参議院 内閣委員会
- Last checked
- 2026-09-21
- Next check due
- 2026-12-20
Named seats
- KITAMURA Tsuneo (北村経夫) — chair
Official, up-to-date list of members Verified
Ways to reach them
- Public submission route
Its AI responsibilities
Upper-house counterpart. Same jurisdiction: Cabinet Office bills including AI, science and technology policy, digital, personal information protection. Reviews AI legislation after Lower House passage.
Honest assessment
Not realistically usable by an outsider. Same assessment as the Lower House committee. Its one practical advantage is that the Sangiin roster page is better maintained — it carried an as-of date of 21 September 2026, one day before this research, which is why this chair is verified and the Lower House one is not.
Current business
AI Act implementation oversight and the AI Basic Plan Phase II. Committee composition: chair plus 4 理事 (directors) and 18 members, spanning LDP, CDP, DPP, Komeito, Ishin, Sanseitō, JCP and others.
Public route
Same as the Lower House: 参考人 (expert witness) appearance by committee invitation only, or a 請願 (petition) which requires a sitting Councillor to introduce it. No open written-evidence process.
Format rules
Petition requires a sponsoring member (紹介議員). No numeric threshold.
Languages
Japanese only. The Sangiin site has a thin English section but committee rosters and petition procedure are Japanese-only.
Research note
Chair VERIFIED from the official Sangiin roster page, as-of date 21 September 2026. Session context: the 221st Diet (special session) shown as running 18 February to 25 July 2026.