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/Country
Japan
48/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 85% of countries
#23 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention48
- Adoption20
- Regulation89
- Problems and attacks32
- Opportunities64
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents57
12 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure59
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 24.7% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Businesses using AI (OECD): 9.2% (2023) · OECD
AI compute capacity: 18,156 (2026-11) · Epoch AI — GPU Clusters
Missing safeguards24
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: +1.22 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: +1.54 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: +1.11 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
81
Exposure to threats
29
as a target 46 · as a cause 12
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: high (11,406 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 46.1 (as a target) + 50% × 11.5 (as a cause) = 28.8
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)96
Rule of law (0-100 score)84
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)57
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country0
last 6 months
1
6-12 months ago
2
12-24 months ago
+ 9 with only the year
/Reported incidents
12 in 24 monthsMar 2026
A purported deepfake applicant reportedly impersonated a Tokyo IT executive during an online job interview (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
- [아시아 이슈]AI로 얼굴 바꾼 ‘가짜 지원자’…일본 IT기업 면접 침투, 北 위장취업 의혹 (opens in a new tab) · asiatoday.co.kr · 19 Mar 2026
- 国内で発生「AIなりすまし面談」被害の実態。取材で見えた“驚くほどカジュアルな手口”と潜在的リスク (opens in a new tab) · businessinsider.jp · 19 Mar 2026
- AI 'fake applicant' case raises North Korea job scam fears (opens in a new tab) · upi.com · 20 Mar 2026
Sep 2025
ChatGPT Reportedly Gave Incorrect Mount Misen Ropeway Hours, Leaving Couple Stranded After Hike in Japan (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: United States (OpenAI)AI labs pages: OpenAI
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
- Urlaubsplanung mit ChatGPT: Fehlerhafte Informationen können lebensgefährlich sein (opens in a new tab) · watson.de · 30 Jul 2025
- The perils of letting AI plan your next trip (opens in a new tab) · bbc.com · 29 Sep 2025
- Os perigos de deixar que a IA organize sua próxima viagem (opens in a new tab) · folha.uol.com.br · 5 Oct 2025
Jan 2025
Japanese Teen Allegedly Uses AI-Generated Program to Breach Kaikatsu Frontier and Leak Data of 7.3 Million Customers (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- 不正アクセスの発生及び個人情報漏えいの可能性に関するお知らせとお問い合わせ (opens in a new tab) · kaikatsu.jp · 20 Jan 2025
- 17-yr-old suspected of carrying out cyberattack with AI help in Japan (opens in a new tab) · mainichi.jp · 4 Dec 2025
2025
Japanese men charged with creating obscene AI anime character posters (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
2025
OpenAI accused of violating Studio Ghibli copyright (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (OpenAI)AI labs pages: OpenAI
2025
White House appears to use AI to calculate tariff rates (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI)AI labs pages: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI
Also reported by· 7 articles from 7 outlets
2025
Japanese woman marries ChatGPT-generated groom (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (OpenAI)AI labs pages: OpenAI
Also reported by· 4 articles from 4 outlets
2025
Japanese student launches ChatGPT-powered cyberattack against internet cafe chain (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (OpenAI)AI labs pages: OpenAI
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
2025
Grok generates sexualised images of children on X (opens in a new tab)severity: serious · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (xAI)AI labs pages: xAI
Also reported by· 6 articles from 6 outlets
- cnbc.com (opens in a new tab) · 2 Jan 2026
- reuters.com (opens in a new tab) · 2 Jan 2026
- themarkup.org (opens in a new tab) · 14 Jan 2026
2024
Palworld accused of plagiarising Pokemon designs using AI (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: Japan (Palworld) · from the deployer
2024
AI-generated drama performance cancelled over plagiarism accusations (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (OpenAI)AI labs pages: OpenAI
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
2024
Fukuoka campaign invents AI-generated tourist spots (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 4 articles from 4 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality+1.22
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law+1.54
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability+1.11
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- Why a South Korean city is turning to a U.S. college to outsmart AI? (opens in a new tab)wmra.org · United States · 9 Nov 2026 · and 103 other outlets
- Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook, Teams and AI services for over five hours (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 13 Nov 2026 · and 68 other outlets
- Agoda's AI Assistant Brings Travel Planning and Booking into One Conversation (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 33 other outlets
- Xinhua Headlines: 7th World Media Summit opens in Beijing, highlighting media transformation in AI age (opens in a new tab)heraldglobe.com · United States · 9 Nov 2026 · and 26 other outlets
- AI brings new possibilities to tropical farming, regional cooperation (opens in a new tab)bignewsnetwork.com · United States · 9 Nov 2026 · and 21 other outlets
- Cequence Security and KPMG Collaborate on Joint Report Examining how Organisations can Govern and Secure Agentic AI (opens in a new tab)thehindubusinessline.com · India · 11 Nov 2026 · and 17 other outlets
- Asian stocks steady as AI, Mideast jitters recede (opens in a new tab)bendigoadvertiser.com.au · Australia · 9 Nov 2026 · and 17 other outlets
- Quantinuum and RIKEN Expand Partnership to Accelerate the Commercialization of Quantum-AI Hybrid Supercomputing in Japan (opens in a new tab)nugget.ca · Canada · 12 Nov 2026 · and 16 other outlets
- Chimes AI Achieves 2.9x Faster AI Inference with FPT AI Factory (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 16 other outlets
- Joint declaration on Paris call for AI safety and security (opens in a new tab)recorder.ca · Canada · 10 Nov 2026 · and 14 other outlets
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 10,469 in total, at most 878 in one day (6 Nov 2026).
10,469 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 48, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 48, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 48, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 48, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 48, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 34 · 2024 30 · 2025 39 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.