Rikunabi NEXT Scraper

Extract job listings from Rikunabi NEXT (リクナビNEXT), Japan's largest mid-career job portal with over 1.2 million listings. Search by keyword, occupation, or prefecture — no account required.

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Why this scraper?

Rikunabi NEXT lists more Japanese mid-career vacancies than any other single platform, covering every industry from IT and engineering to healthcare and logistics across all 47 prefectures. The scraper accesses all public listings without authentication and supports both targeted search and bulk export via the platform's sitemap.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	How to find jobs: search, sitemap (all 1.2M), startUrls
keyword	string	—	Free-text search term, Japanese or English. Example: エンジニア
occupation	string	—	Occupation category: it, sales, engineering, healthcare, finance, and 19 more
area	string	—	Prefecture filter: tokyo, osaka, aichi, fukuoka, and all 47 prefectures
employmentType	string	—	permanent, contract, temporary, contractor
salary	string	—	Minimum monthly salary: over200 through over1000 (万円)
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum number of results to return
fetchDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full job page (description, hours, benefits). Set false for faster summary-only runs
daysOld	integer	—	Only return jobs posted within this many days
skipReposts	boolean	false	Skip jobs already seen in a previous run (90-day memory)
startUrls	array	[]	Specific /viewjob/ URLs to scrape directly
requestDelayMs	integer	1000	Minimum delay between requests in ms
respectRobotsTxt	boolean	true	Honour Crawl-delay from robots.txt

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Output schema

Always present

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique job identifier
url	string	Full URL of the job listing
title	string	Job title
company	string | null	Company name
location	string | null	Full office address or work location
prefecture	string | null	Prefecture name (e.g. 東京都)
city	string | null	City name (e.g. 渋谷区)
employmentTypes	array	Employment types, e.g. ["正社員"]
salaryText	string | null	Raw salary string from the listing
salaryMin	number | null	Minimum salary (in JPY)
salaryMax	number | null	Maximum salary (in JPY)
salaryPeriod	string | null	MONTH, YEAR, HOUR, or DAY
currency	string	Always JPY
publishDateISO	string | null	Publication date in YYYY-MM-DD format
isNewArrival	boolean | null	Whether the listing is newly posted
photoUrl	string | null	Job or company photo URL
isRepost	boolean	true if seen in a previous run
originalPublishDate	string | null	Date first seen (when isRepost: true)
originalUrl	string | null	Original URL (when isRepost: true)
contentHash	string	MD5 hash of description for change detection
source	string	Always rikunabi
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the item was scraped

With fetchDetails: true

Field	Type	Description
descriptionText	string | null	Full job description in plain text
descriptionMarkdown	string | null	Full job description as Markdown
descriptionHtml	null	Not available (source provides plain text)
workStyle	string | null	Work schedule pattern (e.g. 固定時間制)
workHours	string | null	Working hours details
holidays	string | null	Holiday and leave policy
benefits	string | null	Welfare and benefit details
insurance	string | null	Social insurance coverage
requirements	string | null	Required qualifications and experience
salaryDetail	string | null	Structured salary breakdown text (e.g. base pay, commissions, allowances)
salaryExample	string | null	Example salary for a model employee
officeName	string | null	Official registered office name
workLocationNotes	string | null	Additional work location notes (e.g. remote policy, transfer conditions)
commuteInfo	string | null	Nearest station or commute guidance
occupationLinks	array	Related occupation categories with labels and search URLs
employmentTypeLinks	array	Related employment type categories with labels and search URLs

Note: When fetchDetails: false, all detail fields above are null. Summary data (title, salary, location, company, employment type, date) remains available.

Example output

{
  "id": "09f457801ea74a76",
  "url": "https://next.rikunabi.com/viewjob/jk09f457801ea74a76/",
  "title": "整備士",
  "company": "山陽ヤナセ株式会社",
  "location": "岡山県岡山市東区鉄319-1",
  "prefecture": "岡山県",
  "city": "岡山市",
  "employmentTypes": ["正社員"],
  "salaryText": "月給18万6550円～34万3200円",
  "salaryMin": 186550,
  "salaryMax": 343200,
  "salaryPeriod": "MONTH",
  "currency": "JPY",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-02-26",
  "isNewArrival": false,
  "photoUrl": "https://c76.s3.indeed.com/f7f5e9ea-da23-4e96-925c-f7d2b64ba68d@w800",
  "workStyle": "固定時間制",
  "workHours": "9:15～17:45、残業月25時間程度",
  "holidays": "週休2日制、年間休日115日、年末年始・夏季休暇",
  "benefits": "社会保険完備、退職金制度、育児時短勤務制度",
  "requirements": "自動車整備経験2年以上、整備士資格3級以上",
  "salaryDetail": "基本給18万6550円～ / 固定残業代含まず / 各種手当別途支給",
  "salaryExample": "入社3年目・月給24万円（モデル年収例）",
  "officeName": "山陽ヤナセ株式会社 岡山営業所",
  "workLocationNotes": null,
  "commuteInfo": "岡山駅よりバス15分",
  "occupationLinks": [
    { "label": "整備・修理", "url": "https://next.rikunabi.com/job_search/oc-m23/" }
  ],
  "employmentTypeLinks": [
    { "label": "正社員", "url": "https://next.rikunabi.com/job_search/employment-type-seishain/" }
  ],
  "descriptionText": "当社は岡山県唯一のメルセデス・ベンツ正規ディーラーです...",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "当社は岡山県唯一のメルセデス・ベンツ正規ディーラーです...",
  "descriptionHtml": null,
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null,
  "contentHash": "a3d1f7b2c9e80451",
  "source": "rikunabi",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-03T06:30:00.000Z"
}

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Usage examples

1. IT jobs in Tokyo

{
  "mode": "search",
  "occupation": "it",
  "area": "tokyo",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

2. Keyword search — nursing in Osaka

{
  "mode": "search",
  "keyword": "看護師",
  "area": "osaka",
  "daysOld": 7,
  "maxResults": 50
}

3. Daily incremental feed — new permanent jobs only

{
  "mode": "search",
  "employmentType": "permanent",
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxResults": 5000,
  "fetchDetails": false
}

4. Specific listings via URL

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://next.rikunabi.com/viewjob/jk09f457801ea74a76/" }
  ],
  "fetchDetails": true
}

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Pricing

This scraper uses Pay-Per-Result pricing — you pay only for data delivered.

Volume	Cost
1,000 results	$1.99
10,000 results	$19.90
100,000 results	$199.00
Flat-rate comparison	~$0.002 per result

Platform compute and infrastructure costs are included. No additional fees.

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Performance

• Speed: ~200–400 results/minute with fetchDetails: true; ~600–1,000/minute with fetchDetails: false
• Coverage: All publicly listed jobs — 1.2+ million via sitemap mode
• Memory: 512 MB default
• Proxy: None required

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Known limitations

• Salary is extracted from free-text strings and may be null for listings with non-standard formats
• prefecture and city parsed from breadcrumb — null for remote-only listings
• descriptionHtml is always null (source provides structured plain text, not HTML)
• workLocationNotes and commuteInfo are null for a significant portion of listings

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Additional services

Need custom delivery formats, scheduled runs, or integration into your data pipeline? Contact us at info@unfencedgroup.nl.

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