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title: "Anthropic opens Tokyo office"
description: "Anthropic opened its first Asia-Pacific office in Tokyo as part of its international expansion, building a local team to work with industry, government, and cultural partners. During the week, CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei met Japan’s prime minister, the LDP Digitization Headquarters Committee, and customers, while Anthropic signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan AI Safety Institute on AI evaluation methodologies and emerging trends. Anthropic also joined the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group and extended its partnership with the Mori Art Museum. The company reports that Japan is in the top 25% globally for AI adoption, with businesses using Claude for research, writing, document analysis, coding, and other productivity tasks. It plans to expand next to Seoul and Bengaluru, while reporting Asia-Pacific run-rate revenue growth of more than 10x in the past year."
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# Anthropic opens Tokyo office

[Anthropic](https://yomu.fyi/company/anthropic) · Sep 10, 2026

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Anthropic opened its first Asia-Pacific office in Tokyo as part of its international expansion, building a local team to work with industry, government, and cultural partners. During the week, CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei met Japan’s prime minister, the LDP Digitization Headquarters Committee, and customers, while Anthropic signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan AI Safety Institute on AI evaluation methodologies and emerging trends. Anthropic also joined the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group and extended its partnership with the Mori Art Museum. The company reports that Japan is in the top 25% globally for AI adoption, with businesses using Claude for research, writing, document analysis, coding, and other productivity tasks. It plans to expand next to Seoul and Bengaluru, while reporting Asia-Pacific run-rate revenue growth of more than 10x in the past year.

## Context

Anthropic describes the Tokyo office as its first Asia-Pacific office and a milestone in its international expansion. The company says the office will support partnerships with Japanese government, enterprises, and cultural institutions, while its regional work addresses international cooperation on AI evaluation standards and Japan’s approach to AI adoption.

## Approach / What changed

Anthropic opened a Tokyo office, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan AI Safety Institute on AI evaluation methodologies and emerging trends, joined the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group, hosted a Builder Summit, and extended its partnership with the Mori Art Museum. It plans to continue expanding across Asia-Pacific, next reaching Seoul and Bengaluru.

## Takeaways

- The Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan AI Safety Institute covers collaboration on AI evaluation methodologies and monitoring emerging trends.
- Anthropic joined the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group, reinforcing its commitment to a framework for safe, secure, and trustworthy AI development.
- Anthropic reports that Japan ranks in the top 25% globally for AI adoption, with Claude used for research, writing, document editing, coding, and document analysis.

**Tags:** [Adoption](https://yomu.fyi/topic/adoption), [AI](https://yomu.fyi/topic/ai), [Claude](https://yomu.fyi/topic/claude), [Model Evaluation](https://yomu.fyi/topic/model-evaluation)

- Source: [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/opening-our-tokyo-office)
- Source URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/opening-our-tokyo-office
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-09-10T20:04:11.941Z

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