Japan PM Receives AI Tutoring, Government Expands AI to 180,000 Civil Servants

On August 28, leaders of Japan's new party 'Future Team' including leader Abe Takahiro visited the Prime Minister's Office to instruct PM Takaichi on AI use as 'AI tutors'. Takaichi used voice commands to calculate policy impacts and joked about not needing secretaries. The government is expanding its generative AI system 'Gen'na' to 180,000 civil servants, developed by the Digital Agency, piloted since May, with features like drafting parliamentary answers.

The PM's hands-on AI learning and promotion of government AI to 180,000 civil servants signal top-down adoption, potentially accelerating AI in public administration. Meanwhile, Accenture survey shows Japan's corporate AI investment conversion is low, with only 13% achieving company-wide results vs global 23%, and only 57% employees feeling efficiency gains, highlighting a gap. This matters for AI education product makers as government and corporate training needs may rise, but note the current low effectiveness. Expansion of 'Gen'na' may drive AI training demand for civil servants, offering market opportunities for AI education products. Low corporate AI conversion in Japan underscores urgent AI talent development, possibly increasing corporate investment in employee AI training.