Journal
Essays on how we think. Announcements on what we’ve shipped.
When AI can execute anything, strategic advantage shifts to those who know what’s worth executing. This report maps the structural shifts determining which organizations design the next decade — and which execute someone else’s vision. Five signals. Built on the research methodology co-presented with Microsoft across Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2025.
DTJ launches AI Atlas at its Tokyo offices — a per-country intelligence platform delivering two-layer readings across 197 countries, continuously rather than annually.
Read more →Design Thinking Japan is an official Miro Solution Partner in Japan, taking clients from first idea to AI in production.
Read more →AI can execute anything. The strategic advantage now belongs to those who know what's worth executing. Five structural signals are reshaping how organizations compete — and every one of them is an inversion.
Read more →Design Thinking Japan has been selected as Microsoft's official training partner for Microsoft Elevate in Japan, delivering human-centered AI education for policymakers and enterprise leaders.
Read more →The Japanese language and the ID photo both protected Japanese companies. Neither was a decision. AI changed the conditions.
Models have started rewriting the code around them. How fast your function improves depends on whether anyone has written down what correct looks like.
The Humanoids Summit came to Tokyo with DTJ CEO Brittany Arthur as MC. Two days watching Signal 4 — Beyond the Screen — move from forecast to fact.
A note on why DTJ took its real-time AI work to the racetrack.
Three signals. One pattern. The organizations navigating this well aren't the ones who predicted it.
Nearly half of all AI initiatives never reach production. The problem isn't the technology — it's the model.
The cost of building software is collapsing. Every organizational assumption built on 'software is expensive and slow' is now in question.
The engineering decisions behind our Synthesized Intelligence methodology - not a pre-planned system, but architecture discovered through necessity.
DTJ releases its comprehensive Future AI Signals 2025 report, offering strategic guidance for organizations navigating AI's rapid evolution.
Tokyo International University engaged DTJ to bring its KAKENHI research programme on civil aviation governance online — now live at airmobilitytracker.org.
DTJ co-founder Brittany Arthur moderated a panel on operationalizing AI on the Atrium Stage at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026.
An AI studio at the intersection of Tokyo, Latin America, and Silicon Valley — and why the intersection is the point.
Most executive AI programs teach terminology. Real AI literacy is the ability to evaluate an AI initiative and make a sound decision about it.
Design Thinking Japan launches an educational video series on YouTube, providing accessible content on practical and ethical AI implementation.
A new discussion series designed to encourage conversations about responsible AI implementation and human-centered design principles.
Design Thinking Japan and Microsoft Japan hosted a significant AI discussion at Venture Cafe Tokyo, exploring trends reshaping human-technology interaction.
Design Thinking Japan announces the debut of its AI Leadership Academy, a cohort-based initiative targeting executives and innovation leaders.
DTJ's CEO and Microsoft's Director of AI National Skills presented joint research at Venture Cafe Fukuoka on the future of AI.
DTJ partnered with Tokyo AI to host a two-day hackathon as part of Hugging Face's global LeRobot initiative, connecting over 80 cities and 1,000 builders.