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.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",12 "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",13 "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",14 "searchType": "supreme",15 "caseNameKeyword": "",16 "caseNumber": "",17 "rulingDateFrom": "",18 "rulingDateTo": "",19 "courtName": "",20 "includeDetail": false,21 "maxItems": 50,22 "proxyConfiguration": {23 "useApifyProxy": false24 }25};26
27// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish28const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/courts-go-jp-hanrei-scraper").call(input);29
30// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)31console.log('Results from dataset');32console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);33const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();34items.forEach((item) => {35 console.dir(item);36});37
38// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Japan Courts Judgment Scraper (saibansho / 裁判所) API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: