Each status used in Japan, in English, with the standard status the Prometiam API returns and what it means for doing business with the company.
Every register words its company states differently. This guide lists the status values used in Japan, what each means in English, and the standard status the Prometiam API returns for it, so the same question (is this company still alive, in trouble or gone?) has the same answer across countries. The register’s own value stays available as local_status.
Coverage and limits for Japan: company records only (no officers, no registry-compliance signal, no founding date, no activity code, no share capital, no VAT number, no insolvency notices); companies (kabushiki, godo, gomei, goshi and tokurei yugen kaisha) and registered foreign companies only, government bodies, associations and other corporations are never served; status is active, deregistered or merged, and the register publishes no liquidation or insolvency state. Source: National Tax Agency Corporate Number Publication Site (https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/). Edited and processed by Prometiam; not a product of the National Tax Agency or the State.
| Register status | local_status | status in the API | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not closed in the register; the register publishes no liquidation or insolvency state | active | active | active |
| Closed for any other cause (closure cause 01, 21, 31 or another) | deregistered | deregistered | closed |
| Closed by merger (closure cause 11); the successor’s corporate number is kept | merged | merged | closed |
active): The register shows no dissolution, insolvency or removal. That is the normal state, but not a guarantee of solvency or good standing: check filings and payment behaviour as your policy requires.deregistered): Removed from the register: the legal person no longer exists (in the US: dissolved, revoked, withdrawn or no longer listed in that state). It cannot sign, be sued or be paid, so invoice a successor or the former owners and check whether it merged. Some registers can restore or reinstate an entity, so check before you treat it as final.merged): Merged into another company, which takes over its rights and obligations. Find the successor and deal with it.The corporate number register publishes no liquidation or insolvency state, so a Japanese company is active, deregistered or merged (the successor’s number is kept). There are no insolvency notices.
# companies whose standard status is deregistered curl -H "Authorization: Bearer rk_live_..." \ "https://api.prometiam.com/functions/v1/risk-api/companies/search?country=JP&name=<company name>&status=deregistered" # or filter by the register's own value # &local_status=deregistered
status is the same list in every country; local_status is the register’s own value. Use one or the other, not both. Outside Spain a status filter must be combined with a name or an identifier.
Japan company data API guide, the free Corporate number lookup, and legal forms in Japan. All countries: company status meanings.
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