IIJ Expanded Service Area for Dialup Access

TOKYO, March 6, 2001 - Internet Initiative Japan Inc. ("IIJ", NASDAQ: IIJI) today announced that it expanded its dialup access points from 71 to 73 points effective today.

This service expansion benefits users of IIJ's various dialup access services.

The facilities for this most recent expansion utilize infrastructure of Crosswave Communications, IIJ's 37.9% affiliate. IIJ will continuously enhance its network infrastructure for wider network coverage.

	Access Points
ISDN Asynchronous (64kbps/128kbps) And V.90(56kbps)	Tokorozawa(042), Gifu(058) Sapporo, Hakodate, Aomori, Morioka, Sendai, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Koriyama, Iwaki, Mito, Hitachi, Tsukuba, Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Kawagoe, Kawaguchi, Urawa, Misato, Chiba, Kashiwa, Tokyo, Tama, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Atsugi, Niigata, Toyama, Kanazawa, Fukui, Kofu, Nagano, Matsumoto, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Numazu, Nagoya, Toyohashi, Okazaki, Toyoda, Tsu, Yokkaichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Sakai, Kobe, Himeji, Nishinomiya, Kakogawa, Nara, Wakayama, Yonago, Okayama, Kurashiki, Hiroshima, Fukuyama, Shimonoseki, Tokuyama, Iwakuni, Ogori, Tokushima, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Kochi, Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima

Access Points

ISDN Asynchronous (64kbps/128kbps)
And
V.90(56kbps)

Tokorozawa(042), Gifu(058)

Sapporo, Hakodate, Aomori, Morioka, Sendai, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Koriyama, Iwaki, Mito, Hitachi, Tsukuba, Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Kawagoe, Kawaguchi, Urawa, Misato, Chiba, Kashiwa, Tokyo, Tama, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Atsugi, Niigata, Toyama, Kanazawa, Fukui, Kofu, Nagano, Matsumoto, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Numazu, Nagoya, Toyohashi, Okazaki, Toyoda, Tsu, Yokkaichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Sakai, Kobe, Himeji, Nishinomiya, Kakogawa, Nara, Wakayama, Yonago, Okayama, Kurashiki, Hiroshima, Fukuyama, Shimonoseki, Tokuyama, Iwakuni, Ogori, Tokushima, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Kochi, Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima

Access points in bold letters are the ones to be opened on March 6, 2001.

About IIJ

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI) is Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive Internet solution provider mainly targeting high-end corporate customers. Founded in 1992 as a pioneer of commercial Internet services in Japan, IIJ has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan as well as between Japan and the United States. IIJ and its group companies provide total solutions including: new generation network services over optical-fiber infrastructure optimized for data communications; construction of Asian-wide IP backbone networks, high-quality Internet access, security systems, hosting/housing, and content design; as well as systems integration.

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