Exhibit 99.1


                                    PPOL INC.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                PPOL NAMES FOUNDER HIDEO OHKUBO HONORARY CHAIRMAN

                            OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ORANGE, CALIF. (APRIL 20, 2004) - PPOL, Inc. (OTCBB: PPLC) today announced that
it has appointed the Company's founder, Mr. Hideo Ohkubo, to the position of
Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors. Nobuo Takada will retain the
positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of
PPOL.

Mr. Ohkubo currently is President and Chief Executive Officer of Forval
Corporation, a publicly traded Japanese company with annual revenues in excess
of $300 million and 800 employees. Forval Corporation, which he founded in 1980,
focuses on the development, sale and maintenance of telecommunications equipment
and computer systems as well as international, domestic, mobile and broadband
communications services. Mr. Ohkubo founded AJOL in 1991 and PPOL in 2002 as a
holding company for AJOL. He has over 25 years of business experience, primarily
in corporate development and operations.

"We are pleased to welcome our founder, Mr. Ohkubo, to the PPOL Board as
Honorary Chairman," said Nobuo Takada, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
PPOL. "His sound development and operational experience will help us greatly as
we move forward to aggressively execute our new technology in-licensing strategy
for increasing shareholder value."

Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Ohkubo said, "I look forward to a working
with Nobuo Takada who as Chairman and CEO is a source of inspirational
leadership and steadfast guidance for the Company. I am confident that Mr.
Takada will be able to continue to build upon the platform he has created."

ABOUT PPOL
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PPOL, Inc. is a California-based holding company whose primary asset is AJOL of
Tokyo, Japan. AJOL sells proprietary multi-functional telecommunications
equipment and runs the on-line network service Pan Pacific Online. Through the
use AJOL's MOJICO hardware, members can network and communicate using
hand-written Japanese characters, including Kanji whose full meaning cannot be
adequately communicated through the present fonts of a computer, and can access
an on-line service that includes a bulletin board service, a mail service, an
information exchange service, ticket sales and more. Members across Japan use
the service to find other subscribers to establish interpersonal relationships,
submit invitations, product advertisements or help-wanted ads, among other uses.
In addition, under the Kamome brand AJOL intermediates the sales of a wide range
of products manufactured by others to its members. Similar to a co-op, all
Kamome-branded products must pass AJOL's strict quality control criteria, and
are sold to members.

Certain information contained herein includes information that is
forward-looking. The matters referred to in forward-looking statements may be
affected by the risks and uncertainties involved in the Company's business.
These forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the
cautionary statements contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are
urged to consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements and
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements included herein are only made as of the date of
this news release, and PPOL undertakes no obligation to publicly update such
forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except
as required under applicable laws.