Only 20% of internet-using adults in Japan adopt AI: survey

Only about 20 percent of adults using the internet in Japan have used artificial intelligence in the past year, a recent study showed, suggesting Japan's slowness in adopting the new technology compared with other countries.The study based on an online survey conducted in January 2025 by a Chiba University team also revealed for the first time an "AI divide," or usage rate gaps by age, gender and living environment, in the country, it said.In the survey, 2,847 of 13,367, or 21.3 percent of respondents, had used services such as ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini within the past year.A similar gove…READ FULL ARTICLE