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42 open AI training roles for Japanese speakers.

$35.50/hrmedian listed rate
28 of 42roles list an hourly rate
7platforms, of the 10 we read

These are remote AI training roles that ask for Japanese. Right now there are 42 of them, from Welocalize, Meridial, RWS TrainAI, micro1, Appen, SME Careers and Terac. In the 9 October 2026 data the most common role groups were 'Bilingual and Language Expert', 'Translator and Linguist' and 'Search, Ads and Maps Quality Rater'. Each posting states the level it needs, and many ask for native or near-native proficiency, so read the language line before applying. A listing is not a promise of acceptance or work.

Where the roles are

  • Welocalize4% of its own list16 roles
  • Meridial2% of its own list12 roles
  • RWS TrainAI5% of its own list4 roles

Japanese roles, newest first

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On the list since Friday 9 October42 roles
$123/task 日本語を話す高級ブランドショッパー：プレタポルテの購入に関するインタビュー LanguagesJapanContract Terac Rate not listed Mobile Device Data Collection - Japanese (Japan) LanguagesJapanContract Appen $4/hr Speech AI Evaluation Specialist - Japanese (Japan) LanguagesJapanContract RWS TrainAI
$100 to $200/hr Bilingual Japanese Psychologist (PhD)Bilingual Japanese Psychiatrist MedicineRemote, 58 countriesContract micro1Referral link2 roles
$20 to $36/hr Japanese Language Expert LanguagesRemote, 58 countriesContract micro1Referral link $25 to $31/hr Japanese Sports Localization Specialist (Football) LanguagesWorldwideContract Welocalize $40/hr Native Japanese Kansai Dialect Speakers LanguagesJapanContract Appen $50 to $70/hr 博士課程スペシャリスト, 日本語 |社会・行動科学、人文科学、芸術、言語学[PhD-JP] STEMJapanContract Welocalize $65 to $98/hr Japanese Language Expert LanguagesRemote, 58 countriesPart-time micro1Referral link
$25/hr Maps Personalization Quality Reviewer - Japanese (Japan)Maps Personalization Relevance Rater - Japanese (Japan) LanguagesJapanContract Welocalize2 roles
Rate not listed Bilingual Metadata SpecialistJapanese Lead Multimedia Content ReviewerSenior Japanese Linguist LanguagesJapanFull-time Welocalize3 roles
up to$55/hr Japanese Team Lead LanguagesJapanContract SME Careers
Rate not listed Circinus - Audio Contributor Japanese (Japan)Ads Quality Rater - Japanese | 広告品質評価者 - 日本語 LanguagesJapanContract Welocalize2 roles
$20/hr Generative AI Analyst | Japanese (Japan) LanguagesJapanContract Welocalize up to$40/hr Japanese Language Expert LanguagesJapanContract SME Careers
$6 to $65/hr Japanese Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer ProjectJapanese Language Data Contributor (Multimodal) - Freelance AI Trainer ProjectJapanese Voice Actor - Freelance AI Trainer ProjectJapanese Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project LanguagesWorldwideContract Meridial4 roles
$18/hr AI Data Specialist - Japanese LanguagesJapanContract RWS TrainAI $25/hr Remote Japanese to Thai Translation Project LanguagesJapanContract Appen Rate not listed General AI Data Annotator - Japanese (United States) LanguagesUnited StatesPart-time RWS TrainAI $8 to $65/hr Korean-Japanese Bilingual Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project LanguagesWorldwideContract Meridial
Show 14 more rolesShow fewer roles $8 to $65/hr Japanese-Korean Bilingual Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project LanguagesWorldwideContract Meridial
$8 to $65/hr Medicine Specialist (Fluent in Japanese) - Freelance AI Trainer ProjectCoding Specialist (Fluent in Japanese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project MedicineWorldwideContract Meridial2 roles
Rate not listed AI Trainers Network - Korean and Japanese Bilingual LanguagesWorldwideContract Welocalize
$8 to $65/hr Science Specialist (Fluent in Japanese) - Freelance AI Trainer ProjectSTEM Specialist (Fluent in Japanese) - Freelance AI Trainer Project STEMJapanContract Meridial2 roles
$6 to $65/hr Mathematics Specialist (Fluent in Japanese) - Freelance AI Trainer ProjectJapanese Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project STEMJapanContract Meridial2 roles
Rate not listed AI Trainers Network - Japanese | 日本語AIトレーナー人材ネットワークEnglish to Japanese linguist for Patent LanguagesWorldwideContract Welocalize2 roles
up to$15/hr Search Engine Evaluator - Japanese (Japan) LanguagesJapanContract RWS TrainAI Rate not listed Scout Search Quality Rater - Japanese | ウェブ検索結果品質評価者【在宅/フリーランス/英語を活かせる】 (日本在住の方) LanguagesJapanPart-time Welocalize Rate not listed Japanese | Korean | Mandarin Interpreters LanguagesSingaporeContract Welocalize Rate not listed Japanese | Korean Interpreters LanguagesJapanContract Welocalize

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Who hires for Japanese

Open Japanese roles on each platform, and what share of that platform's own list they are.

Welocalize 16 4% of 367 Meridial 12 2% of 570 RWS TrainAI 4 5% of 75 micro1 4 2% of 266 Appen 3 6% of 52 SME Careers 2 1% of 261 Terac 1 2% of 47

Japanese lists $35.50/hr, close to the whole list's $36.50/hr

Middle half of listed hourly rates, median marked. Arabic is the nearest language by median.

Japanese $35.50$27.25 to $37.38
All roles $36.50$29.75 to $55
Arabic $35.50$18.84 to $36.50

How the numbers are made: bars above count Japanese roles out of 42, and the share is of each platform's own open list. Pay uses the 28 of 42 Japanese roles, 31 of 46 in Arabic and 1,340 of 1,695 overall that list an hourly rate in USD, each once at the midpoint of its range; "up to" rates count at that maximum, so they read high. Pay report of 12 October 2026.