Press
For the press
Media coverage
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MENU-PAAN has been featured in an interview with our CEO on GenK, a major Vietnamese technology news site (also published on Đời sống & Pháp luật and CafeF).
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MENU-PAAN has been featured by Pokde.net, a Malaysian tech news website.
Article title: ‘MENU-PAAN App Lets Travelers Decode Japanese Menus And Order In Local Language’ -
The French-language ‘Visiter’ travel guide series (Empyreum) has featured MENU-PAAN in its guides to 13 countries.
Japan·South Korea·China·Taiwan·Thailand·Laos·Cambodia·Mongolia·Nepal·Sri Lanka·Uzbekistan·Georgia·Armenia
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MENU-PAAN has been featured in the technology section of Kapook, a major Thai web portal.
Article title (provisional translation): ‘MENU-PAAN: an app that translates Japanese and other foreign menus — take a photo and know at once what each dish is’ -
MENU-PAAN has been recommended by ViajaJapón, a Spanish-language guide to Japan.
Article title (provisional translation): ‘Types of restaurants in Japan: izakaya, kaiten and kaiseki’
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An article introducing MENU-PAAN has been published on JapanKakkoii, a Thai website about Japan.
Article title (provisional translation): ‘MENU-PAAN: an app that translates Japanese menus into Thai – snap the menu and see what’s on it right away!’ -
An article introducing MENU-PAAN has been published on The Base Principle, a Hong Kong tech news website.
Article title (provisional translation): ‘MENU-PAAN: a translation app designed for Japanese menus, making ordering easy’ -
MENU-PAAN has been featured by 電腦王阿達, a Taiwanese tech and app website (also published on Yahoo!奇摩新聞).
Article title (provisional translation): ‘No more struggling with menus abroad: MENU-PAAN translates a menu from a photo with AI, and helps you order and mark the foods you avoid’ -
MENU-PAAN has been featured by AppBank, a Japanese website about iPhone apps.
Article title (provisional translation): ‘Translate menus abroad with a photo: iPhone app MENU-PAAN covers 105 countries and regions, with a free version’ -
HOST-PAAN has been featured by 報新聞, a Taiwanese news outlet.
Article title (provisional translation): ‘Japanese menu translation app launches HOST-PAAN: local governments hand out invitation codes, and foreign travellers can order just by photographing the menu’ -
MENU-PAAN and RESTO-PAAN have been featured by hibana, a Japanese trade magazine for the restaurant business.
Article title (provisional translation): ‘hibana editors’ picks: products and services for restaurant management and the food business, September 2026’ -
Teimuraz Lezhava, Ambassador of Georgia to Japan, introduced MENU-PAAN on his X account.
Contact
- Interview and coverage requests
- press@paan.co.jp
- What we can provide
- Guidance for trying the apps, screenshots, interviews with the CEO (in Japanese or English), and an introduction to how restaurants actually use the apps
- Use of media assets
- The materials on this page may be used without contacting us, provided they are used to introduce the company and its products in articles, programmes and similar coverage. Please do not change the colours or shapes of the logos.
Products
MENU-PAAN (メニューパーン)An app for foodies who travel the world
Just photograph a menu with your phone and you will understand, in your own language, what is in each dish, how it is cooked, and even how it is eaten locally. Reads menus from 105 countries and regions around the world, with the app itself available in 12 languages. The dishes you choose can be turned into an order slip with the local language alongside, to show to the staff. iPhone, Android and web. Free version available. Launched in July 2026.
- Main features
- 手書き・縦書き・毛筆の日本のお品書きも読み取ります。
- 料理名を直訳するのではなく料理そのものをご説明し、 元の料理名も並べて残します。
- 選んだ料理は、 焼き加減や氷の有無などのオプションごと、 現地の言葉の注文票にして店員さんにお見せできます。
- 避けたい食材を登録しておくと、 含まれていそうな料理に印が付き、 店員さんに確かめていただくカードを現地の言葉で出せます。
- 通貨の換算、 税・サービス料・チップの案内、 これまでの結果のオフライン表示。
- 食券機・自動販売機では、 押すボタンの位置をお伝えします。
- Platforms
- iPhone・iPad (App Store)、 Android (Google Play)、 パソコンなどのブラウザで使えるウェブ版。 メールアドレスか Google で登録したアカウントは、 どれからでもお使いいただけます。 App Store ↗Google Play ↗menupaan.com
- Price
- 無料ではじめられます (無料版は1日3回まで)。 有料版は買い切りで、 月額の課金はありません。 Pricing
- What the numbers mean
- “105 countries and regions” = the number of countries and regions whose menus MENU-PAAN can read. “12 languages” = the number of languages the app is displayed in.
- Please note
- Translations and explanations are AI-generated reference information and are not guaranteed to be accurate. Ingredients should always be confirmed with the restaurant. MENU-PAAN does not detect allergens.
HOST-PAAN (ホストパーン)For tourism associations, local governments and other tourism organisations
旅行者に MENU-PAAN のご招待コードをお配りいただき、 そのコードを使った旅行者がどの国の方で、 何を召し上がったかを、 個人が特定されない形で報告書にまとめます。 2026年10月発表。 HOST-PAAN page
RESTO-PAAN姉妹製品の、 飲食店向け外国語メニュー作成アプリ。 報道関係の方向けの情報: restopaan.com/press ↗
Company and CEO
- Operated by
- PAAN Co., Ltd. (株式会社PAAN)
- Founded
- 3 June 2026
- Representative Director
- Rokusaburo INUI (乾 禄三郎)
Media assets
- Complete media kit (ZIP, 2.5 MB) MENU-PAAN and PAAN logos, app screenshots and photos of the CEO in one file (except the unedited screens)
- Logos (PNG) MENU-PAAN and PAAN, horizontal and square: 4 files
- App screenshots (JPEG) The images shown on the App Store (Japanese version): 3 files
- Unedited app screens (PNG, ZIP 14.9 MB) The app screens as they are, before any text or frames were added. Japanese and English
- Photos of the CEO (JPEG) Rokusaburo INUI, 4 photos. Please contact us if you need larger photos.
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4Photos of the app in use (multilingual)
MENU-PAAN in use at real restaurants, for each display language of the app: from photographing the menu to showing the order list to the staff.
Press releases
- 15 October 2026HOST-PAAN の発表 Read on PR TIMES (in Japanese) ↗
- 30 July 2026MENU-PAAN・RESTO-PAAN の公開 Read on PR TIMES (in Japanese) ↗
For the press (English)
- Contact
- press@paan.co.jp (interviews in English are welcome)
- MENU-PAAN
- Take a photo of a menu and the app explains each dish in your own language: what is in it, how it is cooked, and how it is usually eaten. Reads menus from 105 countries and regions, including handwritten and vertical Japanese menus. Turns the dishes you choose into an order list in the local language to show the staff. 12 display languages. iPhone, Android and web, with a free version.
- HOST-PAAN
- For tourism associations and local governments: they hand MENU-PAAN invitation codes to travellers and receive a report, which identifies no individual, on where those travellers come from and what they ate. HOST-PAAN
- RESTO-PAAN
- Our sister product for restaurants, which creates menus in other languages: restopaan.com/press
- Company
- PAAN Co., Ltd., Tokyo. Founded on 3 June 2026. CEO: Rokusaburo INUI. More on the PAAN press page.
- Media kit
- Logos, screenshots and photos (ZIP, 2.5 MB); unedited app screens (ZIP, 14.9 MB); photos of the app in use, by display language (above). Free to use for editorial coverage of MENU-PAAN; please do not alter the logos.