Japan Government Procurement Scraper

Structured Japanese government procurement and bidding data from official public sources. This Apify Actor fetches bid notices, contract awards, and procurement metadata from Japan's national procurement information systems, starting with the KKJ (官公需情報ポータル) REST API.

What Data Does This Scraper Collect?

This actor collects metadata only from Japanese government procurement listings:

• Bid notice titles and descriptions
• Issuing government agencies (ministries, prefectures, municipalities)
• Publication dates and submission deadlines
• Procurement types (一般競争入札, 企画競争, 随意契約, etc.)
• Award amounts (in JPY) and awarded companies, when available
• Category classifications and regional information

Important: This scraper collects only publicly available procurement metadata. No personal information (PII) is collected. Content such as full specification documents is not scraped — only structured metadata fields.

Data Sources

Source	Type	Status
KKJ (官公需情報ポータル)	Official REST API	Active

The KKJ portal aggregates procurement information from central government ministries and agencies across Japan. The REST API requires no authentication and returns XML responses, making it the lowest-risk and most reliable data source for Japanese government procurement data.

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier (source-prefixed, e.g., kkj-CFT-2026-001234)
title	string	Procurement title / bid notice name
agency	string	Issuing government agency
publishDate	string	Publication date (ISO 8601)
deadline	string	Submission deadline (ISO 8601)
type	string	Procurement type (e.g., 一般競争入札)
source	string	Data source identifier (kkj)
sourceUrl	string	URL to original listing
awardAmount	number?	Award amount in JPY
awardee	string?	Awarded company name
category	string?	Industry / category classification
region	string?	Prefecture / region
description	string?	Brief description
scrapedAt	string	Scrape timestamp (ISO 8601)
schemaVersion	string	Schema version for compatibility

Usage Example

Input:

{
  "keyword": "システム開発",
  "dateFrom": "2026-03-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-03-31",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Expected Output (single record):

{
  "id": "kkj-CFT-2026-001234",
  "title": "情報システム運用保守業務",
  "agency": "経済産業省",
  "publishDate": "2026-03-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "deadline": "2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "type": "一般競争入札",
  "source": "kkj",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.kkj.go.jp/notice/CFT-2026-001234",
  "category": "情報システム",
  "region": "東京都",
  "description": "経済産業省における情報システムの運用保守業務",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-20T10:30:00.000Z",
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0"
}

Who Uses This Data?

• B2B sales teams targeting government contracts
• Market researchers analyzing government spending trends
• Compliance teams monitoring procurement transparency
• Data analysts studying public sector IT procurement patterns
• Consultants advising on government contract opportunities in Japan

Legal Compliance

This actor uses only the official public REST API provided by KKJ (官公需情報ポータル), a government-operated portal specifically designed for public access to procurement information. Key compliance points:

• Public data only — All collected information is published by government agencies for public consumption
• No PII — No personal information is collected; only agency and corporate entity names
• API-based — Uses the official REST API, not HTML scraping, minimizing legal risk
• Rate limited — Requests are throttled to avoid excessive load on government servers
• Japan Copyright Act Art. 30-4 — Japan's copyright law explicitly permits text and data mining for information analysis purposes

Pricing

$5.00 per 1,000 results via Apify platform usage (pay-per-event).

Changelog

• v0.1 — Initial release with KKJ API integration