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Quick answer
How do I see Google Japan the way a visitor in Japan does?
To see Google Japan (google.co.jp) results the way a searcher in Japan sees them, send the search through a residential IP in Japan, signed out, with hl=ja&gl=jp in the URL. The IP decides which local results and ads Google treats as relevant; the URL parameters set the language and the country to favour. JapanProxies sells Japanese residential IPs by country code jp, paid in crypto with no KYC. As of October 2026, 1 GB costs $2.62 and plans from 100 GB cost $0.50/GB; IPs are chosen by country, with optional city targeting (city availability varies).
Google Japan at a glance
| Site | google.co.jp |
|---|---|
| Run by | Google LLC |
| Type | Search engine |
| Country | Japan |
| Proxy username | USERNAME-country-jp (add -session-ID-ttl-30 to keep one IP) |
| Targeting | Country, with optional city (-city-NAME); city availability varies |
| JapanProxies price | $2.62 for 1 GB, $6.60 for 10 GB, traffic never expires |
What is Google Japan?
Google Search serves Japan on google.co.jp, in Japanese by default. Yahoo! JAPAN Search has used Google's search technology since 2010, so ranking work for Japan almost always starts with Google.
Results in Japan differ from results in the United States or Europe for most queries, including English ones. Japanese pages, Japanese businesses and Japanese news sources rank for searchers located in Japan.
What changes when you open Google Japan from a Japanese IP?
- Which pages rank. Google adapts results to the searcher's country, and the location of the IP address is one of the signals it uses.
- Local results and map listings. A query such as "ramen near me" returns businesses near the place Google infers from the IP.
- Ads. Which Google Ads campaigns are shown, with which text and landing page, for people in Japan.
- Language and currency. Interface text in Japanese, and prices in yen in shopping results.
- Country-by-country features. Search features that Google releases one country at a time appear as they do for Japanese users.
What does a Japanese IP not change on Google Japan?
- Your search history. Results are also personalised to a signed-in Google account. Use a clean browser profile and stay signed out.
- The exact area. City targeting (
-city-tokyo) gets an IP in that city when one is online, and city availability varies; the site may still infer a nearby area from other signals. - Saved settings. Cookies from earlier visits can keep an old language or region. Start each check in a fresh session.
What can you legitimately check on Google Japan?
- Track the rankings of your own pages for Japanese keywords.
- Check that your Google Ads in Japan show the right text, extensions and landing page.
- Review how your brand appears in Japan: knowledge panel, reviews, rich results.
- Test that your Japanese pages (hreflang
ja-JP) are the ones Google shows to searchers in Japan.
More examples in our guide to local search result checks.
What do Google Japan's rules say about automated access?
Google's terms of service do not allow automated access that ignores the machine-readable instructions on its pages, and the robots.txt of google.co.jp disallows /search for all robots. Keep proxy checks to what a person would do by hand, at a human pace.
For data about your own site, Google Search Console reports clicks, impressions and average position by country, Japan included, for free. For ads, the Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool in Google Ads shows your ads for a chosen location without counting impressions. A Japanese residential IP is for the checks those tools cannot do: seeing the full page as a person in Japan sees it.
Our own acceptable use policy applies too: public pages only, no sign-in on someone else's behalf, and respect for each site's decisions about access.
Which proxy settings should I use for Google Japan?
- Username:
USERNAME-country-jp-session-check1-ttl-30, so one search session keeps one IP for 30 minutes. - In the browser, open:
https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=YOUR+QUERY&hl=ja&gl=jp. - Browser language:
Accept-Language: ja-JP,ja;q=0.9. - Keep checks manual and occasional.
Connect to gw.japanproxies.com on port 7777 (HTTP and HTTPS) or 7778 (SOCKS5), with the username and password from your dashboard. Without a session ID, each new connection can leave from a different Japanese IP.
# 1. Confirm the exit is in Japan (the response shows the IP and its country)
curl -x http://USERNAME-country-jp-session-check1-ttl-30:[email protected]:7777 https://ipinfo.io/json
# 2. Open the page by hand in a browser set to the same proxy and session
# (Firefox steps in /guides/setup/): keep this check manual.How much does a Japanese residential IP cost?
The same plans cover Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with no country surcharge. Occasional checks of Google Japan rarely need more than 5 GB; a page usually weighs a few hundred kilobytes to a few megabytes with images. Larger plans, down to $0.50/GB, are on the pricing page.
Light
5 GB
$4.95
$0.99/GB
- Occasional rank and ad checks
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
Standard
10 GB
$6.60
$0.66/GB
- Weekly checks for one market
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
In every plan: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong · Rotating and sticky sessions · HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 · Traffic never expires
Google Japan: common questions
Does Google show different results in Japan than in the US?
Yes, for most queries. Google favours Japanese pages and Japanese businesses for searchers located in Japan, and the same English query often returns different pages, different ads and different local listings from a Japanese IP than from a US one.
Is hl=ja&gl=jp enough without a Japanese IP?
It gets close, but it is not the same view. The gl parameter tells Google which country to favour, while local results and ads also depend on where the IP is. A Japanese residential IP removes that difference, so the page matches what a searcher in Japan gets.
Can I check Google results for one Japanese city?
JapanProxies offers city targeting on every plan: add -city-tokyo or -city-osaka after -country-jp in the username. City availability varies, and Google Japan may also use other signals to place a visit, so treat the result as that city's general view. For ads in one city, the Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool in Google Ads lets you choose a precise location.
More local site checks in Japan
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Sources (3)
- Google Terms of Service — Google (checked 2026-10-13)
- Performance report (Search results) — Google Search Console Help (checked 2026-10-13)
- www.google.co.jp/robots.txt — www.google.co.jp (checked 2026-10-13)
See Google Japan as a visitor in Japan does
Japanese residential IPs, paid in crypto, no KYC. Traffic never expires.