Japan Liquor License Leads & Signals

Find Japanese alcohol ecommerce, wholesale and import/export licence events for distributor research and Japan market entry. Built for alcohol distributors, logistics and ecommerce providers that need a source-backed prospect research list.

Start with a 10-row preview. The prefilled input scans selected prefectures and returns up to 10 official records. In the 2026-09-06 source check, one parsed PDF returned 10 rows: $0.12 at current prices.

Try the 10-row preview · Open the configured example

Example: inspect the output before running

These three records appeared in the 2026-07 Hokkaido publication, published 2026-08-31 and checked 2026-09-06. The English event labels below describe the official processing categories.

Corporate number	Official event	Relevant licence	Effective date
4011001009265	Incorporation	Wholesale	2026-07-01
3430001026519	Relocation	Online sales	2026-07-08
8430001089379	Licence-condition change	Import/export wholesale	2026-07-08

Inspect the official NTA PDF. Each full Dataset row also contains the published business name and address, Japanese licence categories, an English summary, publication date and source link.

These are licence events, including changes to existing businesses. They are not necessarily newly founded companies, pre-opening leads or verified buyers.

Problem

Japanese liquor-sales licensing records are distributed across monthly NTA PDFs and regional pages. Finding commercially relevant changes requires checking Japanese licence and processing labels across those sources.

What you get

A structured Dataset of online-sales, wholesale, import/export and material licence changes. Export CSV, Excel or JSON and assess the businesses in your own research workflow. One official row is emitted once; eventTypes retains every applicable signal, while eventType identifies the primary event.

Who it is for

• Alcohol importers and distributors researching Japanese counterparties.
• Ecommerce, fulfilment, packaging and logistics providers studying licensed operators.
• B2B market-research and Japan-market-entry teams.

Email addresses, telephone numbers and contact enrichment are not included. A corporate number is returned only if printed in the official source.

Quick start: preview up to 10 records

{
  "prefectures": ["東京都", "大阪府", "北海道"],
  "sourceMonth": "",
  "signalTypes": ["online_sales_license", "wholesale_license", "import_export_license"],
  "includeGeneralRetailNewLicenses": false,
  "maxSignals": 10
}

1. Run the prefilled input without changing it.
2. Open Dataset and inspect the businesses, licence categories and official PDF links.
3. Check Run coverage summary for parsed publications, emitted rows and any failures.
4. Increase maxSignals and choose the prefectures you need for a fuller research list.

The preview stops at the limit; it is not full coverage of all selected prefectures. Source discovery order, rather than your input order, determines which prefecture is processed first. The latest publications can change, so neither the same records nor a fixed result count is guaranteed.

How to find Japanese alcohol wholesalers and ecommerce operators

Select wholesale_license, online_sales_license and import_export_license to identify records carrying those licence categories. These filters can include a relocation or condition change at an existing business. Inspect the processing category and eventTypes to understand why a record appears.

Set sourceMonth to a retained month, such as 2026-07, to reproduce a historical publication. Clear it for each prefecture's newest available month. The source is monthly; running it daily does not make the publication newer. Compare corporate number, location, event, effective date and source PDF with your prior export before adding a repeated record to a research list.

Setting	Purpose
Prefectures	Three are prefilled. Blank selects all 47; raise the output limit for wider coverage.
Source month	Blank selects the newest publication per prefecture; YYYY-MM selects a retained historical month.
Signal types	The preview selects ecommerce, wholesale and import/export. Other material changes are also available.
General-retail-only new licences	Off for the focused preview; enable for broader retail research.
Maximum results	10 in the first-use form; up to 10,000 for larger jobs.

Why this data is hard to collect manually

The national index links to 12 regional tax bureaux, prefecture pages and monthly PDFs. Japanese processing labels distinguish a new licence from incorporation, transfer, relocation or condition changes. The Actor extracts these facts and preserves the evidence link.

Official source

National Tax Agency liquor-sales-license publication index. Regional lists are normally updated monthly and retain historical publications for a limited period.

Outputs include source attribution and processing disclosure under the NTA terms of use. Some source records identify sole proprietors. Use the data for an appropriate research purpose and follow the rules that apply to your downstream use. The Actor makes no legal determination or assessment of buying intent.

Pricing example

Example	Calculation	Price
1 parsed PDF, 10 results	$0.02 + 10 × $0.01	$0.12
3 parsed PDFs, 10 results	3 × $0.02 + 10 × $0.01	$0.16
3 parsed PDFs, no matching results	3 × $0.02	$0.06

Only successfully parsed PDFs and emitted records are billed. PDFs skipped after reaching the result limit are not counted. A parsed PDF can still incur its scan fee when filters produce no matches. The Pricing tab is the current authority; platform usage is currently included.