2002 Press Releases

TOKYO, May 23, 2002 - Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, Nasdaq: IIJI) today announced that its 26.7% owned affiliate, Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. (AIH) has expanded the service area of "A-Bone Roaming Platform" to Korea. Having this new access point added, "A-Bone Roaming Platform" covers 7 countries/areas in the Asia region (Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Korea), and 26 European countries based on the global alliance with KPNQwest Communication Services B.V.

Thanks to the cooperation with Hanaro Telecom Inc., this A-Bone Roaming Platform access point in Korea aims to meet the increase of data exchange between Korea and Japan during the upcoming World Cup soccer event held in Korea and Japan beginning on May 31, 2002.

"A-Bone Roaming Platform" enables A-Bone Partner ISPs to provide a highly reliable, quality roaming services for their end customers. The platform is directly connected to "A-Bone", the Asian-wide IP backbone network.

About AIH

Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. (AIH) was established in 1995, to construct and operate "A-Bone", the Internet backbone network covering the Asia Pacific region. A-Bone directly links countries in the region with high-speed and large-capacity circuits, which enables intra-Asian information traffic to be routed effectively. AIH is supported by shareholders in the region such as Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ), Sumitomo Corporation, NTT Communications, Itochu Corporation, Telekom Malaysia and Communications Authority of Thailand. For more about A-Bone/AIH, please refer to http://www.abone.net/

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, securities, hosting/housing, and content design and systems integration.

The statements within this release contain forward-looking statements about our future plans that involve risk and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Internet Initiative Japan Inc. with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports on Forms 20-F and 6-K, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.