TOKIUM Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kenichi Kurosaki), a provider of accounting AI agents, conducted a survey on the state of AX (AI Transformation) among 946 accounting and finance professionals working at companies and organizations across Japan. The results showed that 64.6% of executives and employees at section-chief level or above are interested in AX. Meanwhile, nearly half of respondents (49.5%) cited a shortage of personnel and know-how in operations management and data analysis as a challenge in using AI. According to the survey summary, overall interest in AX stood at 52.7%. Among executives and employees at section-chief level or above, interest reached 64.6%, exceeding the 45.5% among general staff by 19.1 percentage points. The top expectation for AX was “reducing human error and improving operational quality” (61.9%), followed by “reducing workload and overtime during busy periods” (41.7%) and “automating routine tasks” (41.7%). The leading challenges in using AI were “a shortage of personnel and know-how in operations management and data analysis” (49.5%) and “a lack of skills and knowledge required to use AI” (42.5%). Regarding interest in AX, 52.7% of all respondents said they were interested. Among executives and employees at section-chief level or above, the figure was 64.6%, 19.1 percentage points higher than that of general staff. This suggests that people in leadership positions tend to have greater awareness of AX. When asked what effects they expected from AX, the most common answer was “reducing human error and improving operational quality” (61.9%). This was followed by “reducing workload and overtime during busy periods such as month-end and the beginning of the month” (41.7%) and “saving time through automation of routine accounting tasks” (41.7%), showing strong expectations for both quality improvement and workload reduction. “Addressing hiring difficulties and labor shortages in accounting” (27.3%) and