We use it ourselves. We try things. We improve them.
What comes out of that goes to companies, shops, researchers, communities, and teams.
At KJ Systems we do not simply propose AI and digital technology to our clients.
We use it ourselves: build something small, try it, find the problems, and improve it again.
The know-how that comes out of that cycle is what we bring to companies, shops, universities, researchers, communities, and teams.
That cycle, repeated, is the Living Project.
Not a grand transformation — just the small things that get in the way.
That is where we start: the small problems in front of you.
Making the most of the services and data you already use, we improve things gradually with AI and digital technology — without forcing anything.
The Livings are not built on ideas alone. Each one is assembled on top of technology we use in real development work.
We support development that makes use of generative AI and machine learning. From shaping requirements and building proofs of concept to embedding AI features into your existing systems, we turn the latest AI into something your business can actually put to work.
Learn moreWe develop across platforms, from mobile to web. Corporate sites, campaign landing pages, and internal business applications alike are built to work well on smartphones, load fast, and stand up to SEO.
Learn moreWe structure large volumes of data and build fast full-text search on top of it. The expertise we gained handling waka poetry, classical literature, and gaiji characters goes into search infrastructure built for data at scale.
Learn moreMore than thirty years of software development, carried into its next form.
For decades KJ Systems has built document management, databases, full-text search, e-books, automated typesetting, web systems, mobile apps, and cloud infrastructure.
The Living Project is a new practice that combines all of that accumulated technology and experience with AI and the latest cloud and data technology.
Development support for an app built with Azure machine learning APIs and Xamarin.Forms. The user photographs a meal with their phone, and AI identifies the dish, works out the calories, and logs it.
A system for managing and searching the gaiji (non-standard character) data and fonts that printing companies use in DTP.
Phrase and full-text search across a vast body of waka and haiku. A dedicated vertical-writing app displays the text close to the original source edition (tablet version in development).
Generating e-book data (EPUB) from InDesign files and legacy phototypesetting data.
Automated typesetting of management reports, catalogues, and paperback books using KJ Script, our own scripting language.
An iPad-based sales support tool for managing client assets.
The Living Project and SODP are what that mission looks like today.
OUR MISSION Solving the problems our clients face
The name KJ Systems comes from “K” for kanji and “J” for joho-shori, the Japanese term for information processing. Over the years we have solved a great many problems for our clients by building programs and applications that handle character data of every kind.
As the devices that support daily life keep shifting toward smartphones and IoT, our mission — to solve the problems our clients face — will never change, and we will keep refining our craft day by day to fulfil it.
