Japan Company Data – Search, Lite Profile, and Enhanced Profile

Overview

We’ve updated Search, Lite Profile, and Enhanced Profile responses for Japan (ISO code JP) with improved data quality and additional fields across all products. Key changes include the Houjin Bangou (Corporate Number) now returned in a dedicated registrationNumberField, English-language legal status, and enriched director and shareholder details.

Key points

Search: registrationNumberField is now returned
Lite Profile: New registrationNumberField, registrationDateField, and structured address fields (typeField, addressLine1Field, regionStateField). legalStatusField is now returned in English, and empty arrays are no longer returned.
Enhanced Profile: Same improvements as Lite, plus activity codes now returned in codeField (previously descriptionField), director titleField, and shareholder shareholderTypeField and totalShareValueField. Director and shareholder names are now returned in English.

Search results

The Houjin Bangou (Corporate Number) is now returned in a dedicated registrationNumberField. Before:

{
  "companiesField": [
    {
      "addressesField": [],
      "codeField": "4010001197277",
      "companyIDField": "4010001197277",
      "dateField": "2026-06-19T07:00:48.4503680Z",
      "nameField": "Ｃｅｌｏｎｉｓ株式会社",
      "companyNameInEnglishField": "Celonis Inc.",
      "officialField": false,
      "registrationAuthorityField": "Houjin Bangou, National Tax Agency"
    }
  ],
  "transactionIdField": "13200614",
  "responseCodeField": 100
}

After:

{
  "companiesField": [
    {
      "addressesField": [],
      "codeField": "4010001197277",
      "companyIDField": "4010001197277",
      "dateField": "2026-06-19T07:00:55.0348372Z",
      "nameField": "Ｃｅｌｏｎｉｓ株式会社",
      "companyNameInEnglishField": "Celonis Inc.",
      "officialField": false,
      "registrationAuthorityField": "National Tax Agency Japan",
      "registrationNumberField": "4010001197277"
    }
  ],
  "transactionIdField": "13200614",
  "responseCodeField": 100
}

Key changes

registrationNumberField: New — the Houjin Bangou (Corporate Number)

Lite profile changes

The Lite Profile response has been improved with structured address parsing, additional fields, English-language legal status, and cleaner data formatting. Before:

{
  "companyProfileField": {
    "activityField": [
      {
        "codeField": "",
        "descriptionField": ""
      }
    ],
    "addressesField": [
      {
        "countryField": "",
        "lineField": [
          {
            "lineField": "",
            "typeField": "",
            "typeCodeField": ""
          }
        ],
        "addressInOneLineField": "東京都板橋区蓮沼町７５番１号",
        "addressLine1Field": "",
        "addressLine2Field": "",
        "addressLine3Field": "",
        "addressLine4Field": "",
        "cityTownField": "",
        "regionStateField": "",
        "postcodeField": ""
      }
    ],
    "aliasesField": [
      "とぷこん"
    ],
    "codeField": "4011401004725",
    "dateField": "2026-06-19T07:01:01.4128106Z",
    "foundationDateField": "1932-09-01",
    "legalStatusField": "営業中",
    "normalizedLegalStatusField": "ACTIVE",
    "nameField": "株式会社トプコン",
    "officialField": false,
    "registrationAuthorityField": "Houjin Bangou, National Tax Agency",
    "companyNameInEnglishField": "Topcon Corporation"
  },
  "transactionIdField": "0",
  "retrievalLocationField": "",
  "responseCodeField": "100"
}

After:

{
  "companyProfileField": {
    "addressesField": [
      {
        "countryField": "Japan",
        "typeField": "Registered Address",
        "addressInOneLineField": "75-1 Hasunuma-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo",
        "addressLine1Field": "75-1 Hasunuma-cho",
        "regionStateField": "Itabashi-ku"
      }
    ],
    "aliasesField": [
      "トプコン"
    ],
    "codeField": "4011401004725",
    "dateField": "2026-06-19T07:01:05.7646616Z",
    "foundationDateField": "1932-09-01",
    "legalStatusField": "Active",
    "normalizedLegalStatusField": "Active",
    "nameField": "株式会社トプコン",
    "officialField": false,
    "registrationAuthorityField": "National Tax Agency Japan",
    "registrationDateField": "1932-09-01",
    "registrationNumberField": "4011401004725",
    "companyNameInEnglishField": "Topcon Corporation"
  },
  "transactionIdField": "5929285",
  "responseCodeField": "100"
}

Key changes

New fields

registrationNumberField: New — the Houjin Bangou (Corporate Number)
registrationDateField: New — the company’s registration date
addressesField → typeField: New — indicates the address type (e.g., "Registered Address")
addressesField → addressLine1Field, regionStateField: Now populated with parsed address components

Improved data

legalStatusField: Now returned in English (e.g., "Active" instead of "営業中")
Empty arrays are no longer returned: Empty activityField entries and the empty addressesField substructure (countryField, lineField, and the unused addressLine2Field–addressLine4Field, cityTownField, postcodeField) are now omitted from the response

Enhanced profile changes

The Enhanced Profile includes all Lite Profile improvements above, plus correctly mapped activity codes and enriched director and shareholder details. Before:

{
  "companyProfileField": {
    "activityField": [
      { "descriptionField": "110" },
      { "descriptionField": "111" },
      { "descriptionField": "112" },
      { "descriptionField": "115" },
      { "descriptionField": "116" }
    ],
    "addressesField": [
      {
        "countryField": "Japan",
        "addressInOneLineField": "東京都板橋区蓮沼町７５番１号"
      }
    ],
    "aliasesField": [
      "とぷこん"
    ],
    "capitalField": [
      {
        "ammountField": "16891000000"
      }
    ],
    "codeField": "4011401004725",
    "dateField": "2026-06-19T06:53:14.5091758Z",
    "foundationDateField": "1932-09-01",
    "legalStatusField": "営業中",
    "normalizedLegalStatusField": "ACTIVE",
    "nameField": "株式会社トプコン",
    "officialField": false,
    "registrationAuthorityField": "Houjin Bangou, National Tax Agency",
    "websiteURLField": "https://www.topcon.co.jp/recruit/environment/workstyle/",
    "companyNameInEnglishField": "",
    "directorAndShareDetailsField": {
      "directorsField": [
        {
          "nameField": "代表取締役社長 CEO　江藤 隆志"
        }
      ],
      "shareHoldersField": [
        {
          "nameField": "JPモルガン証券株式会社",
          "percentageField": "2.21",
          "percentageIsRangeField": false
        },
        {
          "nameField": "日本マスタートラスト信託銀行株式会社(信託口)",
          "percentageField": "14.12",
          "percentageIsRangeField": false
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "transactionIdField": "5929197",
  "retrievalLocationField": "************",
  "responseCodeField": "100"
}

After:

{
  "companyProfileField": {
    "activityField": [
      { "codeField": "110" },
      { "codeField": "111" },
      { "codeField": "112" },
      { "codeField": "115" },
      { "codeField": "116" }
    ],
    "addressesField": [
      {
        "countryField": "Japan",
        "typeField": "Registered Address",
        "addressInOneLineField": "75-1 Hasunuma-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo",
        "addressLine1Field": ""
      }
    ],
    "aliasesField": [
      "トプコン"
    ],
    "capitalField": [
      {
        "ammountField": "16,891,000,000.00"
      }
    ],
    "codeField": "4011401004725",
    "dateField": "2026-06-26T14:43:27.4306257Z",
    "foundationDateField": "1932-09-01",
    "legalStatusField": "Active",
    "normalizedLegalStatusField": "Active",
    "nameField": "株式会社トプコン",
    "officialField": false,
    "registrationAuthorityField": "National Tax Agency Japan",
    "registrationDateField": "1932-09-01",
    "registrationNumberField": "4011401004725",
    "companyNameInEnglishField": "Topcon Corporation",
    "directorAndShareDetailsField": {
      "directorsField": [
        {
          "titleField": "President and CEO",
          "nameField": "Takashi Eto"
        }
      ],
      "shareHoldersField": [
        {
          "nameField": "J.P. Morgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.",
          "percentageField": "2.21",
          "shareholderTypeField": "Company",
          "totalShareValueField": 16891000000,
          "percentageIsRangeField": false
        },
        {
          "nameField": "Japan Master Trust Bank, Ltd. (trust account)",
          "percentageField": "14.12",
          "shareholderTypeField": "Company",
          "totalShareValueField": 16891000000,
          "percentageIsRangeField": false
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "transactionIdField": "123456",
  "retrievalLocationField": "************",
  "responseCodeField": "100"
}

The shareholder and activity arrays above are abbreviated for readability — the full response returns all entries.

Key changes

New fields

registrationDateField: New — the company’s registration date
registrationNumberField: New — the Houjin Bangou (Corporate Number)
addressesField → typeField: New — indicates the address type (e.g., "Registered Address")
directorsField → titleField: New — the director’s title/role
shareHoldersField → shareholderTypeField: New — the shareholder type (e.g., "Company")
shareHoldersField → totalShareValueField: New — the total share value

Improved data

activityField: Activity codes are now returned in codeField (previously returned in descriptionField)
Director and shareholder names: Now returned in English where available
legalStatusField: Now returned in English (e.g., "Active")

​Overview

​Key points

​Search results

​Key changes

​Lite profile changes

​Key changes

​New fields

​Improved data

​Enhanced profile changes

​Key changes

​New fields

​Improved data

​Additional resources

Overview

Key points

Search results

Key changes

Lite profile changes

Key changes

New fields

Improved data

Enhanced profile changes

Key changes

New fields

Improved data

Additional resources