IIJ TO LAUNCH IIJMIO PERSONAL DOMAIN SERVICE.

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TOKYO, March 19 /PRNewswire Asia-FirstCall-AsiaNet/ -- Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (Nasdaq: IIJI)("IIJ") today announced that it will launch "IIJmio Personal Domain Service", a new lineup for individual users effective March 26, 2002. The new service will enable users to build their own web sites of up to 100MB and use email addresses under their original domain names of up to five addresses with a possible addition of up to 10 addresses per contract.

The web functions provided by the new service are not only IPv4-compatible (Internet Protocol Version 4, the current Internet protocol), but are also IPv6-compatible (Internet Protocol Version 6, the next generation Internet protocol). This will be the first IPv6-capable web-hosting service for individuals in Japan. IIJ expects this IPv6 compatibility to further promote the use of IPv6 environments among individual users, who are already beginning to catch on to this trend. "We continue to actively promote new network usage over IPv6 both in corporate and individual markets, while offering our IPv6 knowledge and operational expertise to enterprises recognizing IPv6's enormous business potential," said Koichi Suzuki, President and CEO of IIJ.

The new service is a part of the "IIJmio" series, which started in September 2001 and allows individual users to freely combine a variety of Internet-related functions to create their own unique Internet environments, including connectivity, home pages, e-mail accounts, data backup, and the use of personally selected domain names. The IIJmio Personal Domain Service is the sixth service lineup in the IIJmio series. The e-mail function of the new service includes virus protection and email forwarding systems, as well as unlimited disk space for e-mails. The web function provides systems for access log and access counter, form archive, notice board and diary format. The applicable domain for this new service is for JP domain names only at this time (for example, "iijmio.jp"). The initial charge for the IIJmio Personal Domain Service is JPY5,000 which will be waived for customers who subscribe during the campaign period, ending May 31, 2002. The basic monthly fee will be JPY3,800.

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.

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Internet Initiative Japan Inc. CONTACT:

Junko Higasa of IIJ Group Media-Investor Relations Office,

+81-3-5259-6310, or

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