Key facts
- Anthropic hosted a developer event in Tokyo to promote its Claude AI tools.
- NEC Corporation will integrate Claude for its 30,000 employees worldwide.
- NEC and Anthropic will co-develop industry-specific AI products for finance, manufacturing, and cybersecurity in Japan.
- Nomura Research Institute (NRI) is enhancing its implementation support services for Claude in Japan.
- NRI is deploying Claude for Enterprise internally to build AI expertise.
AI startup Anthropic is expanding its reach in the Japanese market through strategic partnerships with NEC Corporation and Nomura Research Institute (NRI).
Anthropic hosted an event in Tokyo, drawing nearly 500 software engineers, to showcase its Claude AI tools and autonomous code-writing capabilities, emphasizing potential productivity gains.
NEC Corporation has entered a long-term partnership with Anthropic, making Claude available to approximately 30,000 NEC Group employees globally. This collaboration aims to build one of Japan's largest AI-native engineering organizations. NEC will also leverage Claude to develop secure, industry-specific AI products for sectors including finance, manufacturing, and cybersecurity, and is integrating it into its Security Operations Center services.
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has enhanced its implementation support services for Claude in Japan, beginning in January 2026. NRI has also deployed "Claude for Enterprise" internally to bolster its expertise and will expand its support scope to include "Claude Code" and enterprise products, offering consulting, system design, and operational support. NRI plans to validate Anthropic's "Claude Cowork" AI agent internally and will accelerate the company-wide deployment of Claude for Enterprise via AWS.