AI PICKS (aipicks.jp) is a Japanese website that compares AI tools for users in Japan. Our editors list and score 3,298 AI tools (as of 2026-10-15) in 29 categories, covering prices, features and Japanese-language support. We also collect public data on how Japan is adopting AI and publish it as reports. This English section carries those reports so that researchers, journalists and writers outside Japan can read and cite them.
Every figure states its source, sample, date and exclusions. The numbers are generated from the same data as our Japanese pages, so the two editions match.
Latest figures
- Public-sector AI procurement
471 AI-related procurement notices from 2026-02-01 to 2026-10-10; 52 name generative AI in the title.
- AI adoption subsidy
8,257 corporations approved under the Digitalization and AI Adoption Subsidy as of 2026-10-10; Tokyo has the most (20.7%).
- AI tool pricing
Median cheapest paid plan: JPY 2,850 a month across 1,219 tools with a paid monthly price (2026-10-15).
- AI assistant recommendations
240 Japanese questions to ChatGPT and Gemini per round, in 30 categories (2026-10-14).
Reports
AI-related tender and procurement notices from central ministries, local governments, universities and research institutes, counted by buyer type, prefecture and month.
Corporations approved for the national subsidy, de-duplicated by Corporate Number and counted by prefecture and application track.
The cheapest paid monthly plan of each AI tool listed on AI PICKS: median, quartiles, price bands, and the share that can be started for free.
Each week we ask ChatGPT and Gemini, in Japanese, to recommend AI tools in each category, and count which tools they name.
Our quarterly award. 93 products won in 30 categories, selected from 3,137 listed AI tools by editorial score within each category.
Citing our data
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About AI PICKS
| Company | AIPICKS Co., Ltd. (株式会社エーアイピックス) |
|---|---|
| Corporate number | 8010001267316 (National Tax Agency, Japan) |
| Address | Yamato Bldg. 405, 1-6-16 Kanda-Izumicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0024, Japan |
| Website | aipicks.jp (Japanese) |
| Contact | Contact form (English is fine) |
Editorial scores and rankings are our own assessment and are not affected by advertising or affiliate partnerships. Our editorial and review policies are published in Japanese: editorial policy, review policy.