Japan FSA Licensed & Registered Financial Firms Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns (the AI add-on fields are populated because those add-ons were enabled on the run):

{
  "recordType": "financialBusiness",
  "category": "crypto-asset-exchange",
  "categoryEn": "Crypto-Asset Exchange Service Providers",
  "categoryJa": "暗号資産交換業者",
  "entityName": "株式会社マネーパートナーズ",
  "registrationNumber": "関東財務局長 第00001号",
  "registrationDate": "2017-09-29",
  "corporateNumber": "6010401075907",
  "postalCode": "106-6233",
  "address": "東京都港区六本木３－２－１",
  "prefecture": "東京都",
  "phone": "03-4540-3800",
  "regulator": "関東財務局",
  "status": "Registered",
  "registeredActivities": ["取り扱う暗号資産: BTC(ビットコイン)"],
  "registeredActivitiesCount": 1,
  "registerUrl": "https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/kasoutuka.xlsx",
  "aiProfileSummary": "Money Partners Co., Ltd. is a registered crypto-asset exchange service provider in Japan, authorized to handle Bitcoin (BTC). The firm is regulated by the Kanto Local Finance Bureau and has been registered since September 29, 2017.",
  "aiRiskFlags": ["crypto-asset exchange", "high volatility of assets", "potential for money laundering", "anonymity of transactions"],
  "aiRiskLevel": "high",
  "aiNameEnglish": "Money Partners Co., Ltd.",
  "aiActivitiesEnglish": ["Handling crypto assets: BTC (Bitcoin)"],
  "source": "Japan FSA Registry of Licensed & Registered Financial Businesses",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T08:20:17.333Z",
  "sourceQuery": "category:crypto-asset-exchange"
}

The most complete Japan FSA financial-firm registry scraper available. It returns every field the FSA published lists expose for each licensed or registered firm: name, registration number, registered activities, corporate number (houjin bangou), full address, prefecture, phone, regulator and registration date, plus derived fields (prefecture, registeredActivitiesCount, status) and optional AI profile summary, AML/KYB risk assessment and English translation. Covers 21 FSA registry categories, from brokers and funds-transfer operators to crypto-asset exchanges.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor downloads the official Japan FSA (Financial Services Agency) published registry workbooks for the categories you select, parses each firm row, applies your filters, and writes one normalized record per firm to the run's dataset. Registration dates are normalized to YYYY-MM-DD, the prefecture is parsed out of the Japanese address, and registered activities are collected into a clean array. No account or key is required. Good for KYB, KYC, and AML onboarding, and for building financial-sector lead lists.

Because each category is a full list, you can enumerate an entire registry (for example every registered crypto-asset exchange) rather than only looking up known firms. Optional paid add-ons attach an English profile summary, an AML/KYB risk assessment, and English translations of the name and activities.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 10 registered crypto-asset exchange firms.

{
  "categories": ["crypto-asset-exchange"],
  "maxInstitutions": 10
}

Add more categories to combine registries, or add searchQueries / prefecture / filterActivity to narrow the list.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
categories	string[]	no	["financial-instruments-business-operators"]	Which FSA registries to load. Add several to combine. See the category list below.
searchQueries	string[]	no	(empty)	Keep only firms whose name contains one of these terms (Japanese or Latin text). Empty returns the whole category.
corporateNumbers	string[]	no	(empty)	Keep only firms with these exact 13-digit Japanese corporate numbers (houjin bangou).
prefecture	string	no	(empty)	Keep only firms in this prefecture, for example 東京都, 大阪府, 北海道.
filterActivity	string	no	(empty)	Keep only firms whose registered activities contain this text, for example 第一種, 投資運用業.
maxInstitutions	integer	no	50	Maximum firms to return across all selected categories.
withAiProfileSummary	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. English profile summary per firm. Requires a paid plan. Billed per usable AI result.
withAiRisk	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. AML/KYB inherent-risk assessment from category and activities. Requires a paid plan. Billed per usable AI result.
withAiTranslate	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Translate the Japanese firm name and activities into English. Requires a paid plan. Billed per usable AI result.

Available categories keys: financial-instruments-business-operators, registered-financial-institutions, financial-instruments-intermediaries, financial-services-intermediaries, investment-corporations, funds-transfer-operators, crypto-asset-exchange, electronic-payment-instruments, prepaid-payment-third-party, money-lenders, credit-rating-agencies, trust-companies, electronic-payment-agency, high-speed-traders, audit-firms, specified-financial-index, life-insurance, non-life-insurance, insurance-brokers, banks, shinkin-banks.

Output reference

One dataset item per firm. Types: string, integer, string[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always financialBusiness.
category	string	Registry category key, matching an input category.
categoryEn	string	Category name in English.
categoryJa	string	Category name in Japanese.
entityName	string	Firm name as registered (Japanese).
registrationNumber	string	FSA registration/licence number.
registrationDate	string	Registration date normalized to YYYY-MM-DD, or null.
corporateNumber	string	13-digit Japanese corporate number (houjin bangou), or null.
postalCode	string	Postal code, or null.
address	string	Full registered address (Japanese), or null.
prefecture	string	Prefecture parsed from the address, or null.
phone	string	Phone number, or null.
regulator	string	Supervising bureau (for example a Local Finance Bureau), or null.
status	string	Always Registered (the source lists are of registered firms).
registeredActivities	string[]	Registered activities / licensed scope, one entry per marked column.
registeredActivitiesCount	integer	Number of registered activities.
registerUrl	string	URL of the source FSA workbook the record came from.
aiProfileSummary	string	Paid add-on. English profile summary, or null when not enabled.
aiRiskFlags	string[]	Paid add-on. AML/KYB risk flags, or null.
aiRiskLevel	string	Paid add-on. low, medium, or high, or null.
aiNameEnglish	string	Paid add-on. English/romaji company name, or null.
aiActivitiesEnglish	string[]	Paid add-on. English activities, or null.
source	string	Always the FSA registry source label.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
sourceQuery	string	The search or category that produced this record.
error	string	Present only on the no-results record; success records omit it.

Example output record

The real Money Partners crypto-asset exchange record (from input {"categories": ["crypto-asset-exchange"], "maxInstitutions": 3, "withAiProfileSummary": true, "withAiRisk": true, "withAiTranslate": true}) is shown in full at the top of this page.

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~japan-fsa-financial-firms-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"categories":["crypto-asset-exchange","funds-transfer-operators"],"maxInstitutions":50}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~japan-fsa-financial-firms-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"categories":["banks"],"prefecture":"東京都","maxInstitutions":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/japan-fsa-financial-firms-scraper \
  --input '{"categories":["crypto-asset-exchange"],"maxInstitutions":10}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per firm record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• AI add-ons billed separately. withAiProfileSummary, withAiRisk, and withAiTranslate are optional paid events (ai_profile_summary, ai_risk, ai_translate) charged only when they produce usable output, and require a paid Apify plan.
• No charge on failure. If nothing matches or a category is unavailable, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 firms per run. Upgrade for higher maxInstitutions.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.

FAQ and troubleshooting

How do I enumerate an entire registry? Select the category and set a high maxInstitutions. Each FSA category is a full list, so you get every registered firm in it, subject to your plan cap.

Can I filter by name or corporate number? Yes. Use searchQueries for name text (Japanese or Latin) or corporateNumbers for exact 13-digit houjin bangou matches.

Why are names and addresses in Japanese? The FSA source lists are Japanese. The actor preserves the Japanese values and adds prefecture. Enable withAiTranslate for English name and activity translations.

What does status mean? The source lists only contain registered/licensed firms, so status is always Registered. Firms removed from a list simply stop appearing.

Do the AI add-ons work on a free plan? No. All three AI add-ons require a paid Apify plan and are disabled for free accounts.

Is this an official FSA tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with the Japan Financial Services Agency. It reads only the publicly published FSA registry workbooks.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with the Japan Financial Services Agency. Accesses only the publicly published FSA registry workbooks.