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Figma adds Japan data residency for Enterprise
Until last month, companies needing in-country data storage often skipped Figma. Figma Enterprise now offers data residency in Japan, easing adoption for regulated sectors like finance and healthcare.
Regulated industries had been
sitting out over storage rules
Figma already offered data residency in Australia, Brazil, India, Europe and the US — but not Japan.
In an official blog post, "Figma Launches Data Residency in Japan," Figma announced that Enterprise customers can now store Figma Design, FigJam, Figma Slides and Figma Make file data in a Japan-based region. Setup is documented in the Help Center article "Enable localized file hosting."
Until now, Figma's data residency program covered only five regions — Australia, Brazil, India, Europe and the US — with Japan notably absent. This launch makes Japan the sixth region. Japan is one of Figma's top five markets by active users, and as of June 30, 2026, two-thirds of Nikkei 225 companies already use Figma — yet finance, healthcare and public-sector organizations bound by in-country storage rules had often skipped adoption entirely. This update removes that specific blocker.
Beyond Japan's Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI), industry self-regulation and regulator guidance often push storage location toward a de facto in-country requirement. Unlike startups with mostly overseas operations, companies in regulated industries tend to check "where does this cloud tool actually store data" as a standard part of procurement. Japan was already a top market for Figma, but this single requirement appears to have cost it a meaningful slice of regulated-industry customers — closing that gap looks like the real intent here.
Japan becomes the sixth region
Storage pinned to Japan
Figma Design, FigJam, Slides and Make file data can now be stored in a Japan-based region.
Pairs with Governance+
Combine it with the existing Governance+ add-on for stricter access management and data protection controls.
Sixth region, after five others
Japan joins Australia, Brazil, India, Europe and the US, bringing Figma's data residency footprint to six regions.
Who it helps — and who it doesn't
IT leads in finance, healthcare, public sector
Teams blocked by internal in-country storage policy now have grounds to reopen the conversation.
PMs and business leads
Easier to pitch Figma as a company-wide standard even on projects involving regulated clients or departments.
Freelance and individual designers
This is an Enterprise-plan-only feature. Individual and small-team usage is essentially unaffected.
| Before Sep 11 | After the Japan region |
|---|---|
| Data residency covered 5 regions: AU/BR/IN/EU/US | Expanded to 6 regions, including Japan |
| Finance, healthcare, public sector often skipped adoption | Easier to revisit adoption when paired with Governance+ |
| Coverage centered on Figma Design | Covers Design, FigJam, Slides and Make |
For a company running a payment platform, this lets us keep relying on Figma with more confidence.
What happens next
That comment is the gist of feedback shared by Digital Garage, which runs a payment platform, about the Japan region launch. Adways Group and the Institute of Science Tokyo also responded positively, suggesting regulated-industry adoption conversations are likely to move forward concretely.
Don't overstate it, though: this update is Enterprise-plan only and does nothing for other plans or individual users. Rival design and collaboration tools may well chase similar in-country data options, and it's more accurate to read this as one step in "in-country data storage" becoming a standard checklist item for SaaS procurement in regulated industries. IT teams should first confirm whether their existing contract is actually on the Enterprise plan.