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  "id": 711584,
  "title": "Why Japanese firms are being so slow to use AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/why-japanese-firms-are-being-so-slow-to-use-ai-711584",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-12T23:00:47.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwymw4434v7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japanese risk aversion and conservatism blamed for slow AI take-up by the country's business sector.",
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        "outlet": "BBC Technology",
        "title": "Why Japanese firms are being so slow to use AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/why-japanese-firms-are-being-so-slow-to-use-ai",
        "published": "2026-08-12T23:00:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Strong majority of Japanese firms have yet to fully embrace AI: Reuters poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/strong-majority-of-japanese-firms-have-yet-to-fully-embrace-ai",
        "published": "2026-08-13T02:53:54.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}