A Japanese-optimized large language model developed by NII. Part of the llm-jp-3 series with 8 size variants (150M to 172B). Trained on llm-jp-corpus v3 and fine-tuned using SFT/DPO for instruction following (Instruct2/Instruct3).
Parameters
Undisclosed
Context Window
License
Proprietary
Release Date
2025-01-27
API Pricing
API pricing for this model is not yet available
Strengths
- •Highly optimized for Japanese language understanding and generation.
- •Offers a balanced size (3.7B) suitable for many practical applications.
- •Versions 13B and below are licensed under Apache 2.0.
Weaknesses
- •Performance on non-Japanese tasks may be limited compared to multilingual models.
- •May have reduced capabilities compared to the larger 13B and 172B models.
- •Effectiveness depends on the quality and coverage of the training corpus.
Use Cases
- •General-purpose Japanese language assistants and chatbots.
- •Integration into products and services requiring Japanese NLP.
- •Academic research and experimentation with medium-scale LLMs.