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Nikkei

4 verified, source-linked AI implementations documented between 2024–2025.

JapanAsia-PacificGlobal / MultinationalNational
Cases
4
Active since
2024
Peak stage
2
Controversies
1

Where the AI sits

Audience & Community2
Workflow & Operations1
Editorial Production1

AI implementations

2025

Nikkei AI Audience Engagement

Audience Experience & Personalisation2 – Adoption3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: CustomSource ↗
2025

What Nikkei learnt from building its own Japanese AI chatbot

Ask! NIKKEI launched for subscribers on web; mobile app planned; supports subscriber acquisition and retention

Audience Experience & Personalisation2 – Adoption3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: CustomSource ↗
2025

Lawsuit against Perplexity AI (Tokyo District Court, Aug 2025) alleging reproduction and…

Lawsuit against Perplexity AI (Tokyo District Court, Aug 2025) alleging reproduction and public transmission rights violations including scraping of paywalled content; claims Perplexity displayed Nikkei as source while presenting incorrect information damaging outlet's credibility

Litigation & IP Rights2 – Adoption3 – Collaborative Human–AIControversy
Tool: Legal action (Tokyo District Court)Source ↗
2024

In a Nikkei explainer ('日経の文系記者がAI作ってみた'

A non-technical Nikkei reporter builds an AI in ~15 minutes with only clicks), a reporter used the no-code AutoML platform AMATERAS RAY (with LightGBM under the hood) to build a model predicting the Nikkei 225 average and analysing economic indices — showing how accessible machine learning has become for journalists without a coding background.

Research & Investigation1 – Access3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: AMATERAS RAY (no-code AutoML) + LightGBMSource ↗

Context

Nikkei is one of 13 organizations in Japan documented in the index, which holds 24 cases from the country. Its work spans 3 function types, including Audience Experience & Personalisation, documented across 110 organizations worldwide.

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