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Japan–Vietnam Supply Chain Connect 2026 — A Leapfrogging Market of 100 Million and the Blueprint for North–South Cold Chain Connectivity

Japan–Vietnam Supply Chain Connect 2026 — A Leapfrogging Market of 100 Million and the Blueprint for North–South Cold Chain Connectivity

A flash report on the field study conducted from 29 July to 2 August 2026 under the joint sponsorship of Nexgen Japan, NTT e-Moi and LOGISTICS TODAY. Cai Mep–Thi Vai's weak connectivity with Japan, double-digit growth as a national quota, a cold chain split 87% south versus 11% north, the leapfrog over modern trade, and the latecomer's advantage created by 'effectively zero' TMS adoption — read against public statistics, with three recommendations for Japanese logistics providers and cargo owners.

Featured in Ascend's Webinar "CLO-Led Management Reform" — The CLO's First Step to Turning Logistics into "Non-Financial Value"

Featured in Ascend's Webinar "CLO-Led Management Reform" — The CLO's First Step to Turning Logistics into "Non-Financial Value"

On 8 July 2026, our CEO and Logistics AI Architect Ariki Ono was featured in Part 1 of Ascend Inc.'s webinar "CLO-Led Management Reform: An Intensive 2-Day Course." He set out how to turn logistics from a cost centre into non-financial value, why the supply chain is the only function that improves both ROIC and WACC, and a realistic first step via Pareto analysis. As a Nexgen View, we add three perspectives: translating for the boardroom, the untapped white space of management AI, and cross-functional governance.

CLOManagement × Transformation

Featured on LOGISTICS TODAY's Logistics × AI Special — Charting the Right Path to AI Implementation on the Front Line

Featured on LOGISTICS TODAY's Logistics × AI Special — Charting the Right Path to AI Implementation on the Front Line

On 29 June 2026, Nexgen Japan CEO and Logistics AI Architect Ariki Ono spoke at LOGISTICS TODAY's online event 'LOGISTICS AI AWAKENING 2026 — AI-Driven Practice Summit [Act I] Fundamentals & Implementation.' Alongside Kensuke Kijiya of Hacobu and Kazuhiro Okazawa of KURANDO, he set out implementation steps, levels of AI use, and a governance design that separates 'AI usage rules' from 'AI management rules.' Through Nexgen View, we add our perspective from logistics and physical AI.

Logistics AIAI Implementation

Published by WEF: What Is the Future of Work? Defining Roles for Humans and AI

Published by WEF: What Is the Future of Work? Defining Roles for Humans and AI

An article authored by Ariki Ono, CEO of Nexgen Japan, has been published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), proposing the roles that remain human in the age of AI — the 'AI Architect' and the 'AI Steward' — and a real-to-AI-to-real cycle of work.

Future of WorkHumans and AI

The AI Divide — The Structure of a New Inequality and Staying in the Race

The AI Divide — The Structure of a New Inequality and Staying in the Race

The AI divide is not a simple extension of the digital divide but a gap in the skill to use AI. This piece unpacks the paradox by which learning becomes obsolete, distinguishes the surface skills that decay within months from the core skills that compound, and sets out how individuals and organisations alike can stay in the race, illustrated with a real inventory-optimisation example.

AI AdoptionTalent Development

GenAI Is Neither Good Nor Evil — But Executives Who Fail to Decide How It Is Used Bear the Responsibility

GenAI Is Neither Good Nor Evil — But Executives Who Fail to Decide How It Is Used Bear the Responsibility

Triggered by a single U.S. Department of War memorandum in January 2026, the 'AI Manhattan Project' has moved from concept to implementation. Technology has no inherent good or evil, but executives who fail to decide how it is used bear the responsibility. Drawing on the lessons of the Manhattan Project, this article examines the responsibility structure of AI governance in the dual-use era.

AI GovernanceCorporate Strategy

Speaking at LOGISTICS TODAY's Emergency Event 'Where Will Japanese Companies Get Stuck in the Hormuz Crisis?' — X-Day Forecasts and the Four-Function Coordination Requirement

Speaking at LOGISTICS TODAY's Emergency Event 'Where Will Japanese Companies Get Stuck in the Hormuz Crisis?' — X-Day Forecasts and the Four-Function Coordination Requirement

On 8 May 2026, Nexgen Japan CEO and Logistics AI Architect Ariki Ono delivered the keynote at LOGISTICS TODAY's emergency event on the Hormuz crisis. Seventy days after the crisis broke, the talk set out an impact-emergence simulation, multi-tier visibility for critical items, and the four-function coordination across management, legal, logistics, and procurement. Through Nexgen Lens, we examine the common structure that emerged across the late-March Nexgen Expert View, the JILS 'Management × Transformation' white paper of April, and this special event.

Authoring Chapter 1 of JILS 'Management × Transformation' White Paper — The CLO in an Era Where 'Crisis Is the New Normal'

Authoring Chapter 1 of JILS 'Management × Transformation' White Paper — The CLO in an Era Where 'Crisis Is the New Normal'

Nexgen Japan authored Chapter 1 of the white paper 'Management × Transformation', published by the JILS Special Committee for Logistics Innovation Promotion. The chapter redefines logistics and sets out three responsibilities for the CLO in an era where crisis has become the new normal.

Keynote at Logistics & SCM Transformation Tech EXPO (LGX 2026): "Physical AI — Japan's Winning Path Lies in Operational Data"

Keynote at Logistics & SCM Transformation Tech EXPO (LGX 2026): "Physical AI — Japan's Winning Path Lies in Operational Data"

CEO and Logistics AI Architect Ariki Ono delivered a keynote at LGX 2026 at Makuhari Messe, joining Hiroshi Ishiguro and Noriya Usami to discuss Japan's competitive edge in the Physical AI era.

Physical AILGX 2026

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