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

> Japan Search, Lite Profile, and Enhanced Profile responses updated with improved data quality and additional fields across all products.

## 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:**

```json theme={null}
{
  "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:**

```json theme={null}
{
  "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:**

```json theme={null}
{
  "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:**

```json theme={null}
{
  "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:**

```json theme={null}
{
  "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:**

```json theme={null}
{
  "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"
}
```

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

### 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"`)

## Additional resources

* [Lite Profile Documentation](/documentation/features/verify-basic-details-v1)
* [Enhanced Profile Documentation](/documentation/features/perform-a-kyb-check-v1)
* [Search API Documentation](/documentation/features/search-for-a-company-v1)