According to a survey released by Reuters on Thursday, more than 80% of Japanese companies use artificial intelligence to a limited extent in their operations, or none at all. This trend may hinder the government's efforts to increase productivity. About 60% of respondents said that AI is only used in part of the company's business or in other limited ways. Another 18% said they haven't decided whether to introduce AI into the workplace, and 6% haven't even considered adopting AI. According to the survey, the remaining 16% of companies have deployed AI as an essential tool across the company. “We've started using AI across the company, but its application is limited to tasks such as creating documents.” The manager of a wholesaler wrote in an investigation. The director of another real estate company said, “We don't know how to put it into use.” According to a government report this year, Japan lags behind other industrial powers in AI applications: 86.4% of Japanese companies use generative AI in at least one task; China is 98.1%, Germany is 91.6%, and the US is 90.9%.

According to a survey released by Reuters on Thursday, more than 80% of Japanese companies use artificial intelligence to a limited extent in their operations, or none at all. This trend may hinder the government's efforts to increase productivity. About 60% of respondents said that AI is only used in part of the company's business or in other limited ways. Another 18% said they haven't decided whether to introduce AI into the workplace, and 6% haven't even considered adopting AI. According to the survey, the remaining 16% of companies have deployed AI as an essential tool across the company. “We've started using AI across the company, but its application is limited to tasks such as creating documents.” The manager of a wholesaler wrote in an investigation. The director of another real estate company said, “We don't know how to put it into use.” According to a government report this year, Japan lags behind other industrial powers in AI applications: 86.4% of Japanese companies use generative AI in at least one task; China is 98.1%, Germany is 91.6%, and the US is 90.9%.