Motoko Hunt

Since Motoko established AJPR in 1998, she has been working with some of the world's well-known corporations, helping them to enter Japanese market using the Internet. She is a frequent speaker at the digital marketing conferences around the world. Her articles are published at several online media sites including Search Engine Journal, ClickZ, and MultilingualSearch. She received the Best Consultant Award from the US Search Awards in 2014.

LINE’s New Japanese Large Language Model (LLM)

LINE’s New Japanese Large Language Model (LLM) On August 14th, LINE announced its new Japanese Large Language Model (LLM). It’s an OSS, which can be used for commercial purposes. According to their tweet, LINE is working on multiple large-scale language models (LLM) research and development projects. From that, they released the Japanese language models with

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Yahoo! Japan May Switch Organic Search Engine From Google To Naver

Yahoo! Japan May Switch Organic Search Engine From Google To Naver Yahoo! Japan was the most popular search engine in Japan, and still is one of the most popular websites with the search function now. There’s a rumor that Yahoo! Japan may switch the organic search engine source from Google to Naver after its current

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Japan’s Revised Telecommunications Business Law and What It Means to Website Owners

Japan’s Revised Telecommunications Business Law and What It Means to Website Owners Japan’s Revised Telecommunications Business Law went into effect in June in Japan. This law applies to not only telecommunications and mobile companies but also to website owners. If you provide content online targeting Japan, you’ll need to comply with the law. The revision

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State of Search in Asia

State of Search in Asia From the beginning of search engine marketing including SEO, the work started with Baidu, Naver, and Yahoo! Japan for search engine optimization professionals and advertisers aiming to grow businesses in China, South Korea, and Japan markets. While they are still important platforms in each country, the search engine market share

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Japan’s 2023 Advertising Spending Hit The Highest

Japan’s 2023 Advertising Spending Hit The Highest According to Dentsu’s “2023 Advertising Expenditures in Japan,”‘ which was published on February 27, 2024, Japan’s total advertising spending, as well as advertising expenses by media and industry, Japan’s total advertising expenditure in 2023 (January to December) reached 7,316.7 billion yen. It was 103% compared to the previous

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