"AI Logistics Begins with Trust" — 11 Messages Published in Japanese and English, Advancing the Social Implementation of Trustworthy AI from Hiroshima
Conditions for the safe deployment of AI seen through the lenses of manufacturing, logistics, government, investment, and technology. Sharing outcomes from the conference connecting the principles of the Hiroshima AI Process to practical on-site implementation.
Under what conditions can companies trust decisions proposed by AI and adopt and execute them in actual operations?
Following the "Manufacturing AI Logistics Conference 2026 in Hiroshima," held at the International Conference Center Hiroshima on October 14, 2026, a collection of contributed messages from 11 leaders representing diverse perspectives—including manufacturing, logistics, government, investment, and technology—has been published in both Japanese and English.
The conference was organized by ONZALINX Co., Ltd., the representative organization of the Hiroshima AI Assurance Council (HAAC).
The newly released collection, "AI Logistics Begins with Trust," highlights the critical challenges in bridging technological advances in AI with frameworks that allow businesses to deploy them with confidence, seen through the insights of each of the 11 contributors.
Conditions for Trustworthy AI Seen from 11 Perspectives
The contributors include representatives from Mazda Motor Corporation, the Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and the Chugoku District Transport Bureau (MLIT), alongside key figures in manufacturing, logistics, technology, and investment.
Masaya Higashi, Representative of HAAC and CEO of ONZALINX Co., Ltd., emphasized the importance of AI handling varying corporate objectives and constraints, and verifying that decisions agreed upon between companies do not result in unilateral disadvantages for any specific party.
Kensuke Hamada of Mazda Motor Corporation positioned AI as an entity that supports human judgment, stating that final decision-making must remain with humans to safeguard safety, quality, and stable supply.
Koji Takashiro of the Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) noted the potential of reframing logistics as a corporate management strategy to foster new inter-company relationships and consensus-building. Yuji Kitamura of the Chugoku District Transport Bureau (MLIT) highlighted the importance of logistics efficiency and digital transformation (DX) in addressing the pressing policy challenge of transport capacity shortages.
Furthermore, Hidemitsu Maeki, CEO of AI Assurance Co., Ltd., emphasized that in connecting the principles of the Hiroshima AI Process to operational sites, it is vital to clarify in advance the conditions under which AI decisions can be adopted and executed, and to preserve the grounds for those decisions in a verifiable form.
Additional multifaceted messages were contributed by leaders from CEC, Ascend, MLC Ventures, K-Ways, Mercuria Investment, and LTS, covering themes such as safety design, the inheritance of on-site expertise, operational improvement, and inter-company trust and co-creation.
From the words of these 11 contributors—each with different roles and challenges—emerges a clear takeaway: the central issue is not merely the introduction of AI itself, but defining the conditions required to use AI safely and effectively in real-world corporate activities.
Turning Technological Progress into Practical On-Site "Trust"
The message collection organizes the implementation challenges identified through the conference into five key perspectives:
Verifiability of Decisions — Whether AI proposals satisfy predefined conditions.
Division of Responsibility — How to design the boundary between tasks delegated to AI and final decisions retained by humans.
Knowledge Inheritance — How to transform the expertise of skilled workers and physical operational flows into actionable information for improvement.
Inter-company Consensus — How to collaborate while respecting the objectives and constraints of each participating company.
Connecting Policy and Practice — How to link policies, rules, and technologies to actual business operations.
These perspectives serve as vital reference points not only for logistics, but for integrating AI into critical operations across society.
Crucially, the significance of this publication does not lie in all 11 contributors endorsing a single technology or solution. Rather, its value lies in sharing distinct awareness of key challenges from diverse standpoints in an openly accessible format.
Connecting the Principles of the Hiroshima AI Process to Social Implementation
Initiated in the wake of the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit, the Hiroshima AI Process has driven international discussions surrounding "safe, secure, and trustworthy AI".
How can those principles be connected to practical mechanisms that businesses and public institutions can rely on for actual decision-making?
Participating in the Hiroshima AI Process Friends / Partners Community, HAAC is an independent, private-sector council originating in Hiroshima that aims to bridge international principles with on-site practice by making the conditions, grounds, and responsibilities surrounding AI decisions verifiable.
This message collection represents an effort to view trust in AI not merely as a technical issue, but within a broader framework encompassing corporate management, on-site safety, social institutions, and inter-company relationships.
In addition, ONZALINX Co., Ltd. has published the "Hiroshima AI Logistics Practical Guide 2026" in both Japanese and English as another key outcome of the conference. The guide outlines practical frameworks for pre-deployment checks, proof-of-concept validation, decision logging, and inter-company collaboration.
Together, the message collection—which clarifies challenges from diverse viewpoints—and the practical guide—which provides a structure for addressing those challenges on the ground—represent an important step toward ensuring the discussions held in Hiroshima do not end as a one-day event, but are shared widely across society.
As AI capabilities continue to evolve, determining under what conditions its decisions are used, who bears responsibility, and how those decisions can be verified becomes ever more critical.
From Hiroshima, turning trustworthy AI into actual mechanisms for society. The messages from these 11 leaders set forth the essential challenges we must address from each of their respective standpoints.
Public Documents (Available in Japanese & English / Free Access)
All documents are published by the conference organizer, ONZALINX Co., Ltd., and are available to view and download free of charge in both Japanese and English.
Official Website: Manufacturing AI Logistics Conference 2026 in Hiroshima
Disclaimer: The contributed messages reflect the personal views of the respective authors, and the editorial commentary in the collection represents a summary organized by the host organization. This publication does not represent official views on behalf of government agencies by HAAC, nor does it constitute public certification or endorsement of specific technologies.