Commentary
AI Development, Adoption, and the AI Map …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Masanori Takano 89
Special Issue: “The Nexus of AI and Neuroscience 2026”
Editorʼs Introduction to “The Nexus of AI and Neuroscience 2026” …………………………………………………………………………… Hiroyuki Ohta 90
Are Brains and AI Similar?
─ Perspectives of NeuroAI ─ ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yukiyasu Kamitani 93
Neural Representations of the Brain from a Neuro-Semiotic Perspective ……………………………………………………………… Hajime Mushiake 101
Neuro-aligned AI for Machine Neuroscience …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hiro Taiyo Hamada 109
Integrating Generative AI with Human Brain Activity
…………………………………………… Yuko Nakagi, Keigo Tada, Sota Yoshino, Takuya Matsuyama, Shinji Nishimoto and Yu Takagi 117
Methodological Challenges and Prospects of Digital Phenotyping for General and Clinical Applications
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Akihiro Sasaki and Nao Kobayashi 126
Confidence in Neuroscience and AI ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yasuhiro R. Tanaka 134
Self-Generated Thought and Hippocampal Sharp-Wave Ripples in Creative Cognition
─ Neural Mechanisms and Applications to Artificial Intelligence ─ …………………………………………………………………… Takamitsu Iwata 142
The Enduring Value of Human Brain-morphic AGI in the Era of Universal Intelligence
─ Experiential Understanding and Partial Knowability ─ ………………………………………… Hiroshi Yamakawa and Yoshimasa Tawatsuji 149
A Potential Path towards Biological Artificial Intelligence in a Dish ……………………………………………………………………… Yoshiho Ikeuchi 157
Special Issue: “ A New Era of AI Regulation: Regulatory Trends in Japan and Globally,
and the Future of Research and Development”
Editor’s Introduction to “A New Era of AI Regulation: Regulatory Trends in Japan and Globally,
and the Future of Research and Development” ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yoshinobu Kano 166
Roundtable Discussion: Introduction to “A New Era of AI Regulation”
………………………………………………………………………… Naoto Ikegai, Naohiro Furukawa, Akiko Murakami and Yoshinobu Kano 167
Understanding the Framework of AI Act of Japan
─ An Introduction to AI and Law ─ ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… George Shishido 173
Implementing AI Trust
─ The Resonance of Governance and Industrial Policy ─ ……………………………………………………………………………… Toshiya Jitsuzumi 180
Designing Trust-Based AI Regulation and Governance
─ Bridging Policy and Practice through the “Intermediate Layer” ─ …………………………………………………………………………… Yoji Kiyota 186
Future of AI Research in Japan: Lessons from EU AI Governance and Strategy for the Research Sector ……………………… Naonori Kato 195
EU AI Act and Regulations in US ……………………………………………………………………………………… Naohiro Furukawa 202
The Current Status and Future Direction of Chinaʼs AI Policies, Laws and Regulations ………………………………………………………… Mue I 212
Special Issue: “Intelligent Dialogue Systems”
Editorsʼ Introduction to “Intelligent Dialogue Systems” ……………………………………………………… Yuka Kobayashi and Hiroaki Sugiyama 221
Special Issue: “Complex Network Science”
Editorsʼ Introduction to “Complex Network Science” ……………………………………… Fujio Toriumi, Hiroko Yamano and Takayasu Fushimi 222
Lecture Series: “Exploring the Origins of Artificial Intelligence in Japan ─”（8）
An Interview with Dr. Fumihiro Maruyama: Facing the Real-World Issues of Society
……………………………………………………………………… Fumihiro Maruyama, Youichiro Miyake, Mai Sugimoto and Takako Ouchi 224
Planning Committee Newsletter（8）
Competitions as a Learning Environment …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Kei Harada 234
My Bookmark
Brain MRI Data: Analysis and Generation ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Masahiro Takamura 235
Global Eye（81）
Postdoc Life in Montreal: Recommendations for Overseas Research Fellowships ……………………………………………………… Yuto Kurihara 241
Students Forum（133）
Interview with Yutaro Kashiwa “Building a Research Identity in Software Engineering through International Collaboration”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ayana Murakami and Kaiji Sekimoto 244
Conference Reports
The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations（ICLR 2025） …………………………………………Hiroshi Takahashi 249
The 28th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics（AISTATS 2025） ………………………………… Yusuke Tanaka 251
The 19th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems（RecSys 2025） ……………………………………………………… Toshihiro Kamishima 252
Book Review
Editor: Naho Orita, Tomohiro Fujii, Hajime Ono, Author: Norbert Hornstein:
Can Artificial Intelligence Unravel the Faculty of Language?, pp. 216, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers（2025） ………………Yuki Hayashi 254
Daichi Mochihashi: Statistical Text Modeling: Bayesian Approach to Languages, pp. 400,
Iwanami Shoten, Publishers（2025） ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………Yusuke Matsubara 254
Article
Cover Project “Journey around Artificial Intelligence: A Window into JSAI-SIGs, Chapter 13”
─ Special Interest Group on Personal AI ─ …………………………………………… Planner：Soichiro Yokoyama, Illustrator：Shun Iwasawa 255