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Plain-English guides on getting found in English on Google Maps and in AI answers in Tokyo. Pick your sector first, or start with the basics below.
Guides by Sector
The English facts and advertising rules that matter for your kind of business.
Sector Guide
Clinics & Dentists
The English facts AI and patients look for, for international clinics and dentists in Tokyo, within Japan's medical advertising rules. Not legal advice.
Sector Guide
Visa & Tax Professionals
English facts and wording rules for visa specialists (gyoseishoshi) and tax accountants in Tokyo who want to be found in AI answers. Not legal advice.
Sector Guide
Real Estate Agents
English facts and advertising rules for foreigner-focused real estate agents in Tokyo who want to be found in AI answers. Not legal advice.
Sector Guide
Gyms & Personal Trainers
English facts and advertising rules for gyms and personal trainers in Tokyo who want to be found in AI answers. Not legal advice.
Sector Guide
Language Schools
English facts and advertising rules for language schools in Tokyo who want to be found in AI answers. Not legal advice.
Sector Guide
International Preschools
English facts and advertising rules for international preschools in Tokyo who want to be found in AI answers. Not legal advice.
Sector Guide
Bars and Restaurants
English facts and advertising rules for foreigner-facing bars and restaurants in Tokyo who want to be found in AI answers. Not legal advice.
Sector Guide
Hair and Beauty Salons
English facts and advertising rules for hair, nail and lash salons and barbers in Tokyo who want to be found in AI answers. Not legal advice.
Your sector not here yet? A free snapshot works for any of them.
Start Here
New to this? These five explain how English visibility works, what to fix first and how we measure it.
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English Maps & AI Visibility
How Tokyo businesses get found in English on Google Maps and in AI answers: what AI reads, what helps most, and what nobody can promise.
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English Google Business Profile
What a good English Google Business Profile includes for a Tokyo business, and why: name rules, categories, hours, photos, reviews and consistency.
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Ask Maps
What Ask Maps (マップに相談) is, what Google says it uses, and how a Tokyo business can be ready.
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How We Measure
Why we report AI visibility as a mention rate with the sample size, assistants and dates, never a rank, and how N/A results are handled.
Free Checklist
Free Google Profile Checklist
18 checks you can do in 10 minutes: name, category, English description, hours, photos, reviews and listings.
Coming Soon
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Tokyo AI Visibility Index
Sector-level data on what AI assistants say when people in Tokyo ask in English for clinics, dentists and visa specialists.
Rather Have Someone Check Your Listing?
Free and with no obligation: two customer questions, your Google Maps listing and a short note on what we found. A snapshot, not a measurement.
