Yuichi Morito, Representative Director of Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association, Appointed as "CAIO (Chief AI Officer) Assistant" for Nogata City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Supporting AI Governance Building and Regional Problem Solving with AI for Local Governments.
Yuichi Morito, Representative Director of the Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association (JDX), has been appointed as "CAIO (Chief AI Officer) Assistant" for Nogata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, effective May 18, 2026. Through this appointment, JDX will strongly support Nogata City in building AI governance, data-driven policy making, and creating new businesses based on regional issues, aiming for "advanced local government management" and promoting regional DX across Japan.
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General Incorporated Association Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yuichi Morito; hereinafter "JDX") announces that its Representative Director, Yuichi Morito, will be appointed as "CAIO (Chief AI Officer) Assistant" for Nogata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, effective May 18, 2026.
As AI utilization becomes full-fledged in local governments nationwide, Nogata City has established a system where the mayor himself serves as CAIO, promoting AI utilization throughout the entire city hall. Through this appointment, our association will strongly back the realization of "advanced local government management," which utilizes generative AI not merely as a means of administrative efficiency, but also for data-driven policy making (EBPM) and creating new businesses based on regional issues.
The inauguration ceremony will be held at Nogata City Hall on Monday, May 18, 2026.
*Nogata City's press release here: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000345.000090449.html
■Background of Appointment and JDX's Goal of "AI x Regional Revitalization"
1. Shift from Operational Transformation to "Policy Formulation"
Currently, AI utilization in local governments is shifting from improving administrative efficiency to "policy formulation" based on data analysis. Our association, with Morito's specialized knowledge, will support top-down decision-making and provide strategic advice to enable Nogata City to conduct more precise administrative operations using AI.
2. Two Wheels of Industrial Promotion and New Business Creation
Our association emphasizes connecting AI utilization not only within the city hall but also to the economic revitalization of the entire region.
Creation of new businesses based on regional issues: Through the process of solving local social issues using AI technology, we will promote the creation of new business models for the next generation.
Updating local industries: We will actively promote industrial development to nurture the created businesses into key local industries, rather than letting them be temporary, thereby leading to the creation of new industries.
■Future Outlook: Advancing Japan's Regional DX to the Next Phase
Our association will systematize the initiatives in Nogata City as an advanced model consisting of three pillars: "AI-driven governance building," "AI-driven policy formulation," and "AI-driven industrial promotion." This knowledge will be disseminated nationwide through JDX's Local Government DX Lab and other channels, with a view to expanding to other local governments, thereby strengthening our accompanying support to realize "a rich regional society with AI as an ally" in familiar local governments across Japan.
■Profile of Yuichi Morito, Representative Director of JDX
Yuichi Morito: President and CEO of Knowledge Network Inc., Professor at Cyber University. For over 20 years, he has supported DX promotion for local governments and companies nationwide. As an Advisor for Regional Informatization at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and a Sharing Economy Evangelist at the Digital Agency, he continues to advocate for the self-sustaining regional economy through technology.
■Introduction of Operated Media
"Keikaku Hiroba": Information media supporting management innovation for SMEs https://www.keikakuhiroba.net/
"Digital Workstyle College": Next-generation work styles and DX human resource development https://digitalworkstylecollege.jp
"TechTrends": Explaining trends and application examples of the latest technology https://techtrends.jp
■Association Overview
Name: General Incorporated Association Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association (JDX)
Secretariat Location: KS Floor, 5F Resona Kudan Building, 1-5-6 Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074
Representative: Yuichi Morito, Representative Director
Established: June 2010 (Incorporated: October 2010)
URL: https://jdxa.org
Business Activities: DX promotion human resource development, local government DX promotion projects, industrial promotion, policy recommendations, etc.
As AI utilization becomes full-fledged in local governments nationwide, Nogata City has established a system where the mayor himself serves as CAIO, promoting AI utilization throughout the entire city hall. Through this appointment, our association will strongly back the realization of "advanced local government management," which utilizes generative AI not merely as a means of administrative efficiency, but also for data-driven policy making (EBPM) and creating new businesses based on regional issues.
The inauguration ceremony will be held at Nogata City Hall on Monday, May 18, 2026.
*Nogata City's press release here: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000345.000090449.html
■Background of Appointment and JDX's Goal of "AI x Regional Revitalization"
1. Shift from Operational Transformation to "Policy Formulation"
Currently, AI utilization in local governments is shifting from improving administrative efficiency to "policy formulation" based on data analysis. Our association, with Morito's specialized knowledge, will support top-down decision-making and provide strategic advice to enable Nogata City to conduct more precise administrative operations using AI.
2. Two Wheels of Industrial Promotion and New Business Creation
Our association emphasizes connecting AI utilization not only within the city hall but also to the economic revitalization of the entire region.
Creation of new businesses based on regional issues: Through the process of solving local social issues using AI technology, we will promote the creation of new business models for the next generation.
Updating local industries: We will actively promote industrial development to nurture the created businesses into key local industries, rather than letting them be temporary, thereby leading to the creation of new industries.
■Future Outlook: Advancing Japan's Regional DX to the Next Phase
Our association will systematize the initiatives in Nogata City as an advanced model consisting of three pillars: "AI-driven governance building," "AI-driven policy formulation," and "AI-driven industrial promotion." This knowledge will be disseminated nationwide through JDX's Local Government DX Lab and other channels, with a view to expanding to other local governments, thereby strengthening our accompanying support to realize "a rich regional society with AI as an ally" in familiar local governments across Japan.
■Profile of Yuichi Morito, Representative Director of JDX
Yuichi Morito: President and CEO of Knowledge Network Inc., Professor at Cyber University. For over 20 years, he has supported DX promotion for local governments and companies nationwide. As an Advisor for Regional Informatization at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and a Sharing Economy Evangelist at the Digital Agency, he continues to advocate for the self-sustaining regional economy through technology.
■Introduction of Operated Media
"Keikaku Hiroba": Information media supporting management innovation for SMEs https://www.keikakuhiroba.net/
"Digital Workstyle College": Next-generation work styles and DX human resource development https://digitalworkstylecollege.jp
"TechTrends": Explaining trends and application examples of the latest technology https://techtrends.jp
■Association Overview
Name: General Incorporated Association Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association (JDX)
Secretariat Location: KS Floor, 5F Resona Kudan Building, 1-5-6 Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074
Representative: Yuichi Morito, Representative Director
Established: June 2010 (Incorporated: October 2010)
URL: https://jdxa.org
Business Activities: DX promotion human resource development, local government DX promotion projects, industrial promotion, policy recommendations, etc.