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Published on: 2025/07/28 | Last Updated: 2025/07/29

Kenzo Oiwa, a Leading Expert in Translation and Digital Transformation, Appointed as Executive Advisor

Strengthening Collaboration with IT Channels and Advancing Global Digital Transformation – Yaraku Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Sakanishi Yu; hereinafter referred to as Yaraku), the provider of Yaraku Translation, a computer-assisted translation tool (CAT tool*) equipped with generative AI, is pleased to announce that as of July 16, 2025, Kenzo Oiwa has joined the company […]

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Published on: 2025/07/11 | Last Updated: 2025/07/29

Interview with CEO Suguru Sakanishi Featured on Global Media Platform “Black Box”

An interview with Suguru Sakanishi, Founder and CEO of Yaraku Inc., has been featured on Black Box, an English-language media platform that showcases cutting-edge technology and business innovations from Japan to a global audience. The article highlights the story behind the founding of Yaraku, the company’s journey in building and managing a multinational team, its […]

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Published on: 2025/05/13 | Last Updated: 2025/08/01

Yaraku Inc. Enters Distribution Agreement with SB C&S to Accelerate Corporate Adoption of AI-Powered Translation Tool

May 13, 2025 – Tokyo, Japan — Yaraku Inc., provider of the AI-enhanced computer-assisted translation (CAT) tool Yaraku Translate, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a distribution agreement with SB C&S Co., Ltd., a leading IT solutions provider and member of the SoftBank Group. Through this partnership, SB C&S will support the […]

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Published on: 2025/04/10

Yaraku Inc. Announces New Management Structure to Accelerate Global Growth

Yaraku Inc. (Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Suguru Sakanishi), provider of Yaraku Honyaku, an AI-powered computer-assisted translation (CAT) tool, is pleased to announce a new management structure as of March 27, 2025. Hiroki Kudo has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Director, and Kazuhiro Nagao as Executive Officer and Head of Sales. With […]

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Published on: 2024/11/25 | Last Updated: 2025/03/04

Yaraku Inc. Presents Case Study of Utilizing YarakuZen in Creative Content at “LANGUAGE INTELLIGENCE 2024″— Enhancing Fan Engagement with Multilingual Translations Using LLM (Large Language Models) —

Yaraku Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; CEO: Suguru Sakanishi) , which operates the AI translation tool “YarakuZen” equipped with generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT, presented a case study of using YarakuZen in creative content at the international AI translation technology conference LANGUAGE INTELLIGENCE 2024, held in Vienna, Austria, on November 19 and 20.

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Published on: 2024/11/12 | Last Updated: 2025/03/04

Yaraku Inc. is Gold Partner Sponsors of “LANGUAGE INTELLIGENCE 2024” in Vienna— Presenting Use Cases of Large Language Models in Creative Content —

Yaraku Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; CEO: Suguru Sakanishi) will sponsor the international AI translation technology conference “LANGUAGE INTELLIGENCE 2024” as a Gold Partner. The event will take place over two days, November 19-20th, in Vienna, Austria. LANGUAGE INTELLIGENCE 2024 is a gathering of experts and company representatives from around the world, focusing on the latest […]

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Published on: 2024/10/06 | Last Updated: 2025/03/24

ChatGPT-4o & Claude are included in the AI translation platform “YarakuZen”

Writing has evolved significantly, and our own engine to learn translation Yaraku Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya, Tokyo, Representative Director: Suguru Sakanishi, hereinafter, Yaraku) will implement a major update of the AI automatic translation platform YarakuZen provided by Yaraku in October 2024, and will install Claude, which is highly regarded as a high-performance generation AI, […]

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Published on: 2023/04/20 | Last Updated: 2024/09/27

The English version of the article “The Reasons Why Translation is Fascinaing” is now available

One of our localization specialists has written an article on the fascinating act of ‘translation’. In addition to ‘expressing words in another language’, translation involves many fascinating factors, such as the complexity of the language, what the reader wants, the life of the translator, building bridges between races and cultures. The article is available here!

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Published on: 2023/02/09 | Last Updated: 2024/09/27

Machine translation platform YarakuZen has been updated to Ver. 4.5.0. – Available from February 25th –

  We are pleased to announce that YarakuZen, the machine translation platform that  increases productivity with collaboration of AI and human, provided by Yaraku, Inc. has been updated to Ver. 4.5.0, with new features and languages, as well as an improved and more convenient interface. The engine, languages and new features will be available from […]

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