Research Study on the effect of fusion of AI and robotics on the Labor Market in Japan

By using a natural language analysis program and data from patent databases and occupational information provision websites, we will demonstrate a new analytical method to examine what kind of occupations are could be replaced by AI. Results will be compared with occupational dynamics data and examine CGE models to examine the impact on the Japan labor market.

(New ESRI Working Paper)

• No.77:“The Effect of AI on Wages in Japan Using Computable General Equilibrium Model, with Japanese AI Exposure Rate”(PDF:1.95MB)
  Toshiaki Shinozaki, Shiro Takeda, October, 2025
• No.65:“The Effect of AI on Wages in Japan Using Computable general Equilibrium Model”(PDF:1.41MB)
  Toshiaki Shinozaki, Shigehiro Ihara, Naoki Saito, Shiro Takeda, June, 2022

(ESRI Discussion Paper Series)

• No.351:“Do Digital Technologies Complement or Substitute for Human Labor?”(PDF:1.08MB)
  Seiko Kitahara, Toshiaki Shinozaki, September, 2019