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AI & jobs · Circuit in Japan

Hokkaidō

Circuit JP-01 Largest city: Sapporo
41%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 40% (+0.1 pts).
MODEL13th of 47 regions1.2M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
5.4M
as of 2015
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.3%
8th largest of 47
People in workMODEL
2.9M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
11.2%
national 11.2%
Area
78.6K km²
68 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
77% live in major cities
Largest city
Sapporo
2.5M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
9
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.49×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
2.1%
4.3% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
46%
national 48%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 48%
Augmentation 53%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Hokkaidō Japan
Health & care 16.9%
Manufacturing 15.8%
Retail & wholesale 14.0%
Business services 8.6%
Construction 7.2%
Other services 7.1%
Education 6.3%
Hospitality 5.2%
Transport & logistics 5.1%
ICT & software 4.9%
Public admin 4.4%
Agriculture 2.3%
Finance 2.0%
Utilities 0.4%
Mining 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 217K Retail & wholesale 161K Manufacturing 137K Business services 136K Education 94.6K Public admin 75.8K ICT & software 74.4K Other services 68.4K

Ranking in Japan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 47 regions.

10Nagasaki Prefecture 41% 11Shizuoka Prefecture 41% 12Tokushima Prefecture 41% 13Hokkaidō 41% 14Ishikawa Prefecture 40% 15Toyama Prefecture 40% 16Aomori Prefecture 40%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Japan's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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