Yuichi Morito, Representative Director of Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association, Appointed as "CAIO (Chief AI Officer) Assistant" for Chikujo Town, Fukuoka Prefecture. Supports AI Promotion Directly Under the Mayor.
Yuichi Morito, Representative Director of the Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association (JDX), has been appointed as CAIO (Chief AI Officer) Assistant for Chikujo Town, Fukuoka Prefecture. Morito will support the mayor-led AI promotion system, aiming to improve administrative services, transform operations, and create new businesses through the utilization of generative AI. This initiative addresses AI governance and regional revitalization amidst a declining birthrate and aging population.
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The Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yuichi Morito; hereinafter "JDX") announces that Yuichi Morito, its Representative Director, will be appointed as "CAIO (Chief AI Officer) Assistant" for Chikujo Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, effective May 11, 2026.
Morito, who also serves as CDO (Chief Digital Officer) Assistant for Chikujo Town, will leverage this appointment to support, with his expert knowledge, the top-down promotion system where Mayor Furuichi himself serves as CAIO. Through the safe and appropriate utilization of generative AI, he will strongly back the provision of sustainable administrative services, drastic operational transformation, and the creation of new businesses based on regional issues.
The appointment ceremony will be held at Chikujo Town Hall on Monday, May 11, 2026, at 10:00 AM.
■ Background and Purpose of Appointment: Chikujo Town's Aim for "Five Effects"
Amidst a rapidly declining birthrate and aging population, and with the national government (Digital Agency) requesting the establishment of CAIOs in various ministries and agencies, the establishment of AI governance has become an urgent task. Against this backdrop, Chikujo Town has established a town-wide AI promotion system with Mayor Furuichi himself as CAIO. By Morito's participation as an assistant under this system, the Association aims to create the following "Five Effects":
【Expected Effects of This System】
1. Efficiency of internal operations: Drastic review of business processes and productivity improvement through AI utilization.
2. Safe and appropriate generative AI utilization: Establishment of a secure and highly reliable operational system in accordance with guidelines.
3. Balancing top-down and on-site promotion: Decision-making directly under the mayor, alongside improving AI literacy among on-site staff.
4. Sophistication of policy-making and decision-making: Realization of highly accurate administrative management (EBPM) based on data and AI.
5. Regional issue resolution and acceleration of local revitalization: Creation of unique regional businesses and promotion of local industries using AI technology.
■ JDX's Role in New Industry Creation
The Association emphasizes connecting AI utilization in local governments not just to internal administrative efficiency, but to the overall economic revitalization of the region. In Chikujo Town, by combining this AI implementation with the foundation of digitalization promotion as the existing CDO Assistant, we will provide ongoing support for the creation of new business models that solve local social issues with AI, and the updating of local industries.
■ Future Outlook: Advancing Regional DX Across Japan to the Next Phase
The Association will systematize Chikujo Town's initiatives as an advanced model that balances "top-down AI governance establishment" and "industrial promotion through AI." This knowledge will be disseminated nationwide through JDX's Local Government DX Lab and other channels, and with an eye towards deployment to other municipalities, we will strengthen our ongoing support to realize "rich regional societies that embrace AI" 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 development of regional economies through technology. He also serves as CDO Assistant for Chikujo Town.
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■ Association Overview
Name: Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association (JDX)
Secretariat Location: KS Floor, Risona Kudan Building 5F, 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 talent development, local government DX promotion projects, industrial promotion and policy proposals, etc.
Morito, who also serves as CDO (Chief Digital Officer) Assistant for Chikujo Town, will leverage this appointment to support, with his expert knowledge, the top-down promotion system where Mayor Furuichi himself serves as CAIO. Through the safe and appropriate utilization of generative AI, he will strongly back the provision of sustainable administrative services, drastic operational transformation, and the creation of new businesses based on regional issues.
The appointment ceremony will be held at Chikujo Town Hall on Monday, May 11, 2026, at 10:00 AM.
■ Background and Purpose of Appointment: Chikujo Town's Aim for "Five Effects"
Amidst a rapidly declining birthrate and aging population, and with the national government (Digital Agency) requesting the establishment of CAIOs in various ministries and agencies, the establishment of AI governance has become an urgent task. Against this backdrop, Chikujo Town has established a town-wide AI promotion system with Mayor Furuichi himself as CAIO. By Morito's participation as an assistant under this system, the Association aims to create the following "Five Effects":
【Expected Effects of This System】
1. Efficiency of internal operations: Drastic review of business processes and productivity improvement through AI utilization.
2. Safe and appropriate generative AI utilization: Establishment of a secure and highly reliable operational system in accordance with guidelines.
3. Balancing top-down and on-site promotion: Decision-making directly under the mayor, alongside improving AI literacy among on-site staff.
4. Sophistication of policy-making and decision-making: Realization of highly accurate administrative management (EBPM) based on data and AI.
5. Regional issue resolution and acceleration of local revitalization: Creation of unique regional businesses and promotion of local industries using AI technology.
■ JDX's Role in New Industry Creation
The Association emphasizes connecting AI utilization in local governments not just to internal administrative efficiency, but to the overall economic revitalization of the region. In Chikujo Town, by combining this AI implementation with the foundation of digitalization promotion as the existing CDO Assistant, we will provide ongoing support for the creation of new business models that solve local social issues with AI, and the updating of local industries.
■ Future Outlook: Advancing Regional DX Across Japan to the Next Phase
The Association will systematize Chikujo Town's initiatives as an advanced model that balances "top-down AI governance establishment" and "industrial promotion through AI." This knowledge will be disseminated nationwide through JDX's Local Government DX Lab and other channels, and with an eye towards deployment to other municipalities, we will strengthen our ongoing support to realize "rich regional societies that embrace AI" 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 development of regional economies through technology. He also serves as CDO Assistant for Chikujo Town.
■ Introduction of Our Media
"Keikaku Hiroba": Information media supporting business innovation for SMEs https://www.keikakuhiroba.net/
"Digital Workstyle College": Next-generation work styles and DX talent development https://digitalworkstylecollege.jp
"TechTrends": Explaining trends and case studies of the latest technologies https://techtrends.jp
■ Association Overview
Name: Japan Digital Transformation Promotion Association (JDX)
Secretariat Location: KS Floor, Risona Kudan Building 5F, 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 talent development, local government DX promotion projects, industrial promotion and policy proposals, etc.