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Moreover, on 28 October 2016 the Cabinet of Japan (consisting of the Prime Minister and the Ministers forming his government) issued a "Basic Policy" to "comprehensively and integrally promote measures concerning the protection of personal information". Pursuant to Article 7 of the APPI, the "Basic Policy" is issued in the form of a Cabinet Decision and includes policy orientations concerning the enforcement of the APPI, directed to both the central government and local governments.