Which countries were surveyed, and how many companies responded?

The survey covered 35 countries and drew responses from 2,950 business and IT decision-makers at companies with 100 or more employees, including 150 in Japan.

What is holding Japanese companies back from scaling AI?

The Dell Technologies report points to an "AI execution gap," with the biggest hurdles being security, compliance, privacy and human-resource shortages.

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58% of Japan firms hit advanced gen-AI phase, Dell survey finds

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What happened
A Dell Technologies survey of 2,950 business and IT decision-makers in 35 countries found 58% of Japanese companies now sit in the advanced "outcome generation" phase of generative AI, up from 35% in 2025.
Why it matters
That jump suggests Japanese enterprises are moving past early experimentation into company-wide deployment, though the same survey flags an "AI execution gap" where security, compliance and staffing constraints keep rollouts from scaling.

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Context & Analysis

The Dell Technologies survey paints a picture of Japanese companies that have moved quickly through the early phases of generative AI and are now trying to deliver business outcomes at scale. The jump from 35% to 58% in the advanced "outcome generation" phase happened in just one year, suggesting the experimentation stage is largely over for a majority of large enterprises.

Yet the same survey warns that company-wide execution remains uneven. The report describes an "AI execution gap," where security, compliance, privacy and staffing constraints persist as the main obstacles. That tension — fast progress in adoption versus slow progress in scaling — is likely to shape how Japanese enterprises invest in partners and internal capabilities over the coming year.

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Which countries were surveyed, and how many companies responded?: The survey covered 35 countries and drew responses from 2,950 business and IT decision-makers at companies with 100 or more employees, including 150 in Japan.
What is holding Japanese companies back from scaling AI?: The Dell Technologies report points to an "AI execution gap," with the biggest hurdles being security, compliance, privacy and human-resource shortages.

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