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About the Book
Japanese is a unique language, and even basic tasks like tokenization require a completely different approach from many other languages. This book is a guide to the tools you need to solve problems when working with Japanese text. Working code examples are accompanied by extensive references, so that whether you need to build a system from scratch, add Japanese support to an existing system, or integrate with a Japanese development team, you'll find what you need to understand the landscape of tools and problems and accomplish your goals.
About the Authors
Masato Hagiwara is an independent NLP/ML researcher and engineer at Octanove Labs. He works on educational and Asian language processing projects with world class startups and research institutes. He received his Ph.D. degree in Information Science from Nagoya University in 2009, and worked at companies including Google, Microsoft Research, Baidu, and Duolingo. An author of several best-selling NLP books.
Paul McCann is a member of Explosion AI, working on spaCy and open source projects related to Japanese. He lives near Tokyo Tower.