Japan Courts Judgment Scraper (saibansho / 裁判所)
Pricing
Pay per event
Extract Japanese court judgments from courts.go.jp (裁判所) — Supreme Court, lower courts, IP High Court, administrative, and labor cases. Returns case number, case name, ruling date (wareki + Gregorian), court, ruling type, result, and full-text PDF URL. Free alternative to Westlaw Japan.
You can access the Japan Courts Judgment Scraper (saibansho / 裁判所) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",< "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",< "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",< "searchType": "supreme",< "caseNameKeyword": "",< "caseNumber": "",< "rulingDateFrom": "",< "rulingDateTo": "",< "courtName": "",< "includeDetail": false,< "maxItems": 50,< "proxyConfiguration": {< "useApifyProxy": false< }<}' |<apify call jungle_synthesizer/courts-go-jp-hanrei-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Japan Courts Judgment Scraper (saibansho / 裁判所) locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: