WEB DESK: A Routers study conducted onThursday revealed that while about a quarter of Japanese businesses have integrated Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their operation .
A little over 24% of respondents stated that they had already implemented AI in their companies,35% said they plan to do so, and 41% said they have no intentions to do so. This shows how differently corporate Japan has embraced technological progress.
When asked what their goals were for implementing AI in a multiple-choice question, 60% of respondents stated that they were attempting to deal with a labour shortage, while 53% wanted to reduce labor expenses and 36% mentioned accelerating research and development.
One manager at a transportation company mentioned “anxiety among employees over possible headcount reduction” as one of the challenges to introduction.
The poll also revealed that significant capital expenditure, a lack of technological know-how, and reliability concerns are some of the remaining barriers.
According to the survey, 9% of participants had business partners who were the victims of cyberattacks in the same time frame, and 15% of respondents said they had personally experienced cyberattacks in the previous year.
When asked about the extent of the damage, 23% of individuals who either experienced a cyberattack directly or had colleagues who were targeted stated that operations were temporarily suspended, and 4% reported that they had information leaked.
47% of respondents stated they were outsourcing defence, while 38% claimed they had in-house experts when it came to measures to improve cybersecurity.
The government has been working to tighten cybersecurity safeguards as a result of the high-profile publisher Kadokawa becoming one of the cyberattack victims in recent months.
According to the survey, half of the companies are in favour of changing a law that requires spouses to use the same last name. In almost 90% of marriages, women take on their husbands’ roles; opponents of this practice claim it deprives women of their individuality and burdens them with the mountains of paperwork required to effect the transformation.
