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AI & jobs · Prefecture in Japan

Okinawa Prefecture

Prefecture JP-47 Largest city: Naha
41%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 40% (+0.4 pts).
MODEL8th of 47 regions320K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.5M
as of 2021
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.2%
25th largest of 47
People in workMODEL
783K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
11.3%
national 11.2%
Area
3,303 km²
442 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
62% live in major cities
Largest city
Naha
905K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.43×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
0.5%
1.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
54%
national 48%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
50%
national 48%
Augmentation 50%Automation 50%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Okinawa Prefecture Japan
Health & care 16.8%
Manufacturing 15.5%
Retail & wholesale 13.9%
Business services 9.0%
Construction 7.1%
Other services 7.0%
Education 6.2%
ICT & software 5.3%
Hospitality 5.1%
Transport & logistics 5.0%
Public admin 4.4%
Finance 2.1%
Agriculture 2.0%
Utilities 0.4%
Mining 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 58.7K Retail & wholesale 43.4K Business services 38.8K Manufacturing 36.4K Education 25.2K ICT & software 21.8K Public admin 20.9K Other services 18.5K

Ranking in Japan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 47 regions.

5Miyagi Prefecture 41% 6Kyōto Prefecture 41% 7Hiroshima Prefecture 41% 8Okinawa Prefecture 41% 9Aichi Prefecture 41% 10Nagasaki Prefecture 41% 11Shizuoka 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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