AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Metropolis in Japan

Tokyo

Metropolis JP-13 Capital region Largest city: Tokyo
43%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 40% (+2.4 pts).
MODEL1st of 47 regions3.3M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
14.3M
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
11.3%
1st largest of 47
People in workMODEL
7.6M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
12.1%
national 11.2%
Area
2,183 km²
6,534 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Tokyo
35.7M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
3.50×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
39.6%
11.3% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
50%
national 48%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 48%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Tokyo Japan
Health & care 15.8%
Manufacturing 13.3%
Retail & wholesale 13.1%
Business services 12.5%
ICT & software 8.5%
Other services 6.6%
Construction 6.4%
Education 5.4%
Hospitality 4.8%
Public admin 4.7%
Transport & logistics 4.6%
Finance 3.3%
Agriculture 0.7%
Utilities 0.4%
Mining 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 538K Business services 522K Retail & wholesale 398K ICT & software 346K Manufacturing 305K Public admin 217K Education 214K Finance 188K

Ranking in Japan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 47 regions.

1Tokyo 43% 2Ōsaka Prefecture 42% 3Kanagawa Prefecture 41% 4Fukuoka Prefecture 41% 5Miyagi Prefecture 41% 6Kyōto Prefecture 41% 7Hiroshima Prefecture 41%
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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