Did Japan consider skip bombing?

Did the Japanese consider using skip bombing?

They appear to have started down that path, but limited research capacity constrained development.

Japanese researchers appear to have been moving toward the technique, though effective skip bombing required substantial development. A weapon concept still needed engineers, scientists, test facilities, and repeated trials before crews could use it reliably. Japan had fewer research teams than Britain or the United States and could not pursue every promising method in parallel. Its limited capacity forced choices about which aviation projects deserved priority.