Every piece of land and every building in Japan has a registry record, called a touki (登記). It names the registered owner, the land area, the land category, and any mortgage on the property. Anyone can obtain it. You do not need to own the property, and you do not need the owner's permission.
This page explains which registry document you need, why a postal address is not enough to order one, and how to get the information without a trip to a Legal Affairs Bureau (法務局).
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Japan issues several different documents from the same registry record. They are not interchangeable, and picking the wrong one wastes a trip. This is the part most guides skip.
| Document | What it is | Accepted as legal proof? |
|---|---|---|
| 登記事項証明書Certificate of Registered Matters | The full record, printed and sealed by the Legal Affairs Bureau. | Yes — the certified document for filings, loans and court use. |
| 登記事項要約書Registry summary (参考用) | The same registered facts as a reference extract, without a seal. | No — for information only. This is what FudousanTech delivers. |
| 公図Registry map | The parcel-boundary drawing. Shape and neighbours, not ownership. | No — a separate document, ordered separately. |
| 地積測量図Survey plan | A measured survey, filed only for some parcels. | No — and it does not exist for every parcel. |
FudousanTech delivers the registry summary (登記事項要約書, 参考用). It carries the same registered facts — owner, area, land category, mortgages — and it is the right document when you want to know something about a property.
It is not a certified document. If an authority, a bank or a court asks you for proof, you need the sealed 登記事項証明書 from a Legal Affairs Bureau. Order that one at a 法務局 counter, or through the official online request service.
A registry record has three parts. Each answers a different question.
The physical identity of the property: parcel number, land category (地目), and registered area (地積). For a building, the structure, the floors and the floor area.
Who owns it, when they acquired it, and by what cause — sale, inheritance, or gift. The full chain of past owners stays visible. This is the section that answers "who owns this house".
Mortgages (抵当権), leasehold rights, and any other charge over the property. An empty 乙区 means no registered mortgage.
This is where most people get stuck. Japan runs two parallel address systems:
The two rarely match, and in many neighbourhoods they are not even close. The registry system cannot find a property from a postal address alone. You need the parcel number.
FudousanTech solves this on the map. Open the parcel map, click the land you care about, and the parcel number is already filled in. If you know the area but not the parcel, you can browse prefecture to municipality to district in English instead.
Ordering directly from the Japanese government costs less per parcel. It also requires you to read Japanese, to navigate a Japanese-only interface, and to already know the parcel number. FudousanTech covers those three gaps.
Yes. Japanese registry records are public. Anyone can request the record for any parcel, and the owner is not told who requested it. You do not need the owner's permission.
No. You order online from anywhere and pay by card. You do not need a Japanese address, a Japanese bank account, or a residence card.
No. The registry record is issued in Japanese, and we deliver it exactly as issued. Our address search and the parcel map are in English, so you can find the right parcel without reading Japanese.
No. A summary (登記事項要約書) is a reference document with no seal. For any official use you need the certified 登記事項証明書 from a Legal Affairs Bureau.
Click the parcel on our map and the number is filled in for you. The postal address will not work, because the registry uses a separate numbering system.
No. The registry records the owner, the transfer date and the cause of transfer, but not the sale price. A registered mortgage amount is visible, which is sometimes used as an indication.
About 2 to 3 minutes while the source registry service is open: 08:30 to 23:00 JST on weekdays, and 08:30 to 18:00 JST at weekends and on public holidays. Orders placed outside those hours are fetched when the service reopens.
Some parcels are closed, merged or split, and no current record exists. We tell you, and your card is not charged.
Yes. Land and buildings are registered separately, so a house on its own plot has two records. Order the one you need, or both.
Find the land on the map, order in English, receive it by email.
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