Personal Information Protection Commission (Japan) should not be confused with Personal Information Protection Commission (South Korea).
The is a Japanese government commission charged with the protection of personal information. It was established on January 1, 2016 to replaces the Specific Personal Information Protection Commission.[1] The commission consisted of eight commissioners and a chairperson appointed by the Prime Minister with the consent of the National Diet.[2] The number of commission members was increased from the initial four to eight in February 2016.[3]