Key facts
- Anthropic is expanding its presence in Japan through partnerships with NEC and Nomura Research Institute (NRI).
- NEC Corporation will make Claude available to its 30,000 employees globally and co-develop industry-specific AI products.
- Nomura Research Institute (NRI) is enhancing its support services for Claude and deploying it internally.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern about AI-driven job displacement and pledged $200 million for related research.
- Claude AI tools, including Claude Code and Claude Co-Work, are designed to automate software development and enterprise tasks.
AI startup Anthropic is expanding its reach in the Japanese market through strategic partnerships with NEC Corporation and Nomura Research Institute (NRI), while its CEO voiced concerns about the potential economic impact of AI.
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.
In parallel, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned of potential job displacement due to AI's increasing productivity gains, stating that automation approaching 100% of a job could necessitate finding new roles for workers. He reaffirmed his concerns about the labor market consequences of advanced AI and announced a $200 million investment to research AI's impact on jobs and the economy. Anthropic's research suggests management, finance, and legal professions may be most affected.