# 🇯🇵 JPHawk — Japan Company Registry Scraper (`inexhaustible_glass/jphawk`) Actor

Scrape Japan's official National Tax Agency Corporate Number Registry: 5M+ companies nationwide. Zero-null records — name (JP+English+furigana), full address, status, company type, dates. Free government data, no login, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/inexhaustible\_glass/jphawk.md
- **Developed by:** [Hitman studio](https://apify.com/inexhaustible_glass) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🇯🇵 JPHawk — Japan Company Registry Scraper

Scrapes Japan's **National Tax Agency Corporate Number Registry**
(法人番号公表サイト) — the official record of every company, government body,
and registered organization in Japan (5M+ entries).

### Why this actor

Japan is the world's 4th-largest economy, but there is no free, no-key,
no-login bulk source for its company data anywhere else on Apify. This actor
uses the NTA's official public bulk-download files — the same data the
government itself publishes — so it is:

- **100% free source, no API key, no 2-4 week application wait.**
- **Never blocked** — it's an open government dataset, not a scraped website.
- **Zero-null output** — every field is guaranteed a value (empty string or a
  derived label instead of `null`), and status/company-type codes are
  decoded into plain English.
- **Nothing missed** — the actor reads every one of the official 30 data
  columns per record, straight from the government's own file specification.

### What you get, per company

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `corporate_number` | Japan's unique 13-digit Corporate Number |
| `company_name` / `company_name_en` / `company_name_furigana` | Name in Japanese, English (if registered), and phonetic reading |
| `company_type` | Kabushiki Kaisha, Godo Kaisha, government body, foreign company, etc. |
| `status` / `status_detail` / `is_active` | active / closed / merged / deleted, with the exact reason |
| `prefecture`, `city`, `street_address`, `postal_code`, `full_address` | Full domestic address, split and combined |
| `address_en` | English-registered address, when available |
| `registered_date`, `last_updated`, `change_date`, `close_date` | Full history dates |
| `is_new_company` | true if registered within your chosen recency window — instant fresh-lead filter |
| `successor_corporate_number` | For merged companies, the surviving entity |

### Input

- **Prefectures** — pick any of Japan's 47 prefectures, `全国` (nationwide,
  5M+ records), or `国外` (overseas-registered entities).
- **Include closed/merged/deleted** — on by default so nothing is filtered
  out; turn off for active-only leads.
- **Only NEW companies** — filter to companies registered in the last N days
  (default 90) for fresh B2B lead generation.
- **Max records** — safety cap; `0` = unlimited, get every record.

### Who buys this

- KYB / compliance and AML teams verifying Japanese counterparties
- Sales-intelligence and lead-gen platforms expanding into Japan
- Accountants, banks, and recruiters sourcing Japanese company data
- Anyone doing due diligence on a Japanese business

### Source

Official government data: https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/download/zenken/
(National Tax Agency Corporate Number Publication Site — 国税庁法人番号公表サイト)

# Actor input Schema

## `prefectures` (type: `array`):

Pick one or more Japanese prefectures, or '全国' for the entire country (~5M+ records — large, slow run). Tokyo (東京都) alone has 1M+ companies.

## `includeClosedCompanies` (type: `boolean`):

ON (default) = the complete official file, nothing filtered out. OFF = only currently active companies.

## `onlyNewCompanies` (type: `boolean`):

Only return companies registered within the last 'New company window' days below. Great for fresh B2B lead generation.

## `newCompanyDays` (type: `integer`):

Used only when 'Only NEW companies' is ON. A company is 'new' if its registration date is within this many days.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Safety cap on total records returned across all selected prefectures. Set to 0 to get every single record with nothing missed (Tokyo alone is 1M+ rows and will run for a long time — fine for a real job, just don't leave it at 0 for a quick test).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "prefectures": [
    "東京都"
  ],
  "includeClosedCompanies": true,
  "onlyNewCompanies": false,
  "newCompanyDays": 90,
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "prefectures": [
        "東京都"
    ],
    "maxItems": 200
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("inexhaustible_glass/jphawk").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "prefectures": ["東京都"],
    "maxItems": 200,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("inexhaustible_glass/jphawk").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "prefectures": [
    "東京都"
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}' |
apify call inexhaustible_glass/jphawk --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,inexhaustible_glass/jphawk"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lKAhz7fMbz7qseory/builds/hZp7pydKt6T0P7O4W/openapi.json