---
id: "lib-2026-09-30-productivity-annual-report-2026-ai-s-effect-on"
type: "library"
title: "Productivity Annual Report 2026: AI's effect on productivity and employment"
title_original: "生産性年次報告2026：AIが生産性と雇用に及ぼす影響"
lang: "JA"
org: "Japan Productivity Center (日本生産性本部)"
source_type: "Report"
date: "2026-09-30"
week: "2026-W40"
url: "https://nosov.ai/library/lib-2026-09-30-productivity-annual-report-2026-ai-s-effect-on/"
original_url: "https://www.jpc-net.jp/research/assets/pdf/innocon20260930_nenji2026.pdf"
tags: ["future of work", "business transformation"]
---

# Productivity Annual Report 2026: AI's effect on productivity and employment

Original title: 生産性年次報告2026：AIが生産性と雇用に及ぼす影響

## English summary

Firm survey + labour/company/expert interviews (Ricoh CHRO, Sompo Japan, Denki Rengo, Seiho Roren); 70%+ of firms have firm-wide AI, mostly 1-3 years; only 45% aim at an AI-premised business model; 90%+ report no headcount effect yet, but over half expect headcount to fall in 5-10 years and AI-using departments expect more cuts than gains. Survey-based estimate: AI labour-productivity effect 1.4% for Japanese workers at end-2025 (vs 1.2% US, Bick et al.). Domain expertise named as the binding constraint. Unions flag AI-divide risk.

Original: https://www.jpc-net.jp/research/assets/pdf/innocon20260930_nenji2026.pdf