Official property record (touki)
Check the registered owner before you send money
Japan's official property record (touki) shows who is registered as a property's owner, every mortgage or seizure attached to it, and what the land is registered as. Give us an address, a map pin, or a lot number and we order the record from the national registry for ¥1,500 — then translate it into plain English: the current owner, the ownership history, and every mortgage or claim registered against it. Records often arrive by email within a few hours, and almost always within 24. If we can't obtain the record you ordered, it's refunded in full.
Free account — you only pay per record you order.
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Use it when you are
- About to buy — confirm the seller is the registered owner before you pay a deposit
- Checking for charges — see every mortgage, seizure, or claim registered on the property
- Dealing with an inheritance — find out whose name the property is still in
- Overseas — the whole thing is online, in English, delivered by email
- Looking at a condo — individual units have their own record, and we cover them
- Starting from an address — no lot number needed
The seller is not the registered owner
The seller should be the registered owner. If the name on the record does not match — for example an heir who has not yet registered the inheritance — find out why, and make sure the missing registrations are completed in order at closing. Impostor sales happen in Japan: in 2017 a major homebuilder lost about ¥5.5 billion to people posing as a landowner.
A mortgage that stays with the property
A registered mortgage does not disappear when the property is sold. If the old loan is not repaid and the mortgage cancelled at closing, the lender can still force a sale of the property you just bought. The record shows the amount registered, not today’s balance — a repaid loan stays on the record until its cancellation is registered. Seizures and provisional registrations show up on the record too.
Land you cannot use the way you planned
The record shows the registered land category and area. Land registered as rice paddy or field (田・畑) may be farmland, which normally needs the local agricultural committee’s permission to change hands — and a registered area that differs from the listing is worth questioning before you sign.
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Pinpoint the property on the map
Search from the address or drop a pin. Where lot number data is available you can also confirm the parcel and its boundary on the map — but an address is enough to start a request.
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Order and pay online
Choose land and/or building and any additional documents (ownership matters, parcel map), then check out by credit card.
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Receive by email — plus a digitized English view
The retrieved record is delivered by email and saved to your account. We also digitize it automatically, so you can read the owner, history, and mortgage status in English without deciphering the Japanese PDF.
Official touki records are issued only in Japanese. Every record you order is digitized automatically into a readable, translated view in your account: the current owner, the full ownership history as a timeline, and every mortgage or encumbrance with its status — active or discharged — with warnings for things like seizures. Records are grouped by property with a pin on the map, and you can switch between the land and building record. The official PDF remains the authoritative document.
- Current owner and full ownership timeline, translated to English
- Mortgages shown as active or discharged at a glance, with warnings for seizures and provisional registrations
- Records grouped by property (lot) with pins on a map
Sample of the digitized view — people and amounts are fictional.
Current owner
Suzuki Ichiro
鈴木一郎
東京都サンプル区見本町一丁目2番3号
Encumbrances: 1 active encumbrance
This parcel is owned by Suzuki Ichiro, who acquired it by sale in March 2021. An earlier mortgage from 2009 has been discharged; one bank mortgage of ¥24,000,000 from 2021 is still active.
Things to note
- An active bank mortgage of ¥24,000,000 is registered on this property.
Property description
表題部- Location (所在)
- 北佐久郡軽井沢町大字例町
- Lot number (地番)
- 123-4
- Land category (地目)
- Residential land / 宅地
- Area (地積)
- 660 m² (199.65 tsubo)
Ownership history
権利部（甲区）Preservation of ownership
First registrationJun 14, 1993
- Yamada Jiro山田次郎
Transfer of ownership
InheritanceApr 2, 2009
- Yamada Hanako山田花子
平成21年4月2日相続
Transfer of ownership
Purchase (sale)Mar 18, 2021
- Suzuki Ichiro鈴木一郎
令和3年3月18日売買
Encumbrances
権利部（乙区）Mortgage (抵当権)
Discharged¥18,000,000Secured amount
- Lender:
- Sample Bank Co., Ltd. (サンプル銀行株式会社)
- Registered:
- May 15, 2009
- Interest:
- 年2.1%
- Debtor:
- 山田花子
Mortgage (抵当権)
Active¥24,000,000Secured amount
- Lender:
- Sample Bank Co., Ltd. (サンプル銀行株式会社)
- Registered:
- Mar 18, 2021
- Interest:
- 年1.2%
- Debtor:
- 鈴木一郎
This digitized view is an unofficial reading aid generated from the official document. The registry-issued PDF is the authoritative record. This is not legal advice — consult a judicial scrivener (司法書士) for transactions.
Land registration record
¥1,500 per record (All Registered Matters)
Building registration record
¥1,500 per record (All Registered Matters)
Ownership Matters (add-on)
¥500 (included with Pro / Team plans)
Parcel map / kouzu (add-on)
¥500 (included with Pro / Team plans)
Verified real-estate agents
¥1,000 per record — Ownership Matters and parcel map included
Record-or-refund guarantee
You never pay for a record you did not receive. If we cannot obtain the official record you ordered, that record is refunded in full — you do not have to ask.
- No registration exists (for example an unregistered building or vacant land) — that record is refunded
- We cannot identify the property from your request — the order is refunded
- Our English view ever disagrees with the official PDF — tell us and we correct it
Records often arrive by email within a few hours of payment and almost always within 24, together with the English view in your account.
All major credit cards — Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and JCB — are accepted through Stripe’s secure checkout. Your card details are handled entirely by Stripe and never touch our servers.
Ownership
The registered owner of record and the history of ownership transfers
Rights and encumbrances
Mortgages, revolving mortgages, surface rights, and other recorded rights
Property description
Location, lot number, land category, and area (land); building number, structure, and floor area (buildings)
What is a property registration record (touki)?
It is the certificate of the official real-estate registry maintained by Japan’s Legal Affairs Bureaus. It shows the registered owner of a land or building along with recorded rights such as mortgages.
Do I need the lot number first?
No. You can start from the address or a map pin and we identify the registered parcel for you — lot number map data is not yet available in every area, so an address is enough. If you already know the lot number (chiban), you can enter it directly.
Can I get the record for a condominium unit (apartment room)?
Yes. Individual condominium units have their own registration records. Provide the building address and room number in your request, and we identify the unit’s registered building number (kaoku bango) and retrieve its record.
How much does it cost?
¥1,500 per record type (land or building). Additional documents such as Ownership Matters and the parcel map are ¥500 each, included free with Pro and Team plans. Verified real-estate agents pay ¥1,000 per record with both add-ons included.
Is there special pricing for real estate agents?
Yes. Agents holding a Japanese real-estate license (宅建業免許) pay ¥1,000 per record with the Ownership Matters and parcel map add-ons included. Submit your license number in your account settings; once our staff verifies it, agent pricing is applied to your orders automatically.
How do I pay? Is it secure?
All major credit cards — Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and JCB — are accepted through Stripe’s secure checkout. Your card details are handled entirely by Stripe and never touch our servers.
How do I receive the documents?
After payment your request is processed, and the record is delivered to your email. It is also saved to your account so you can re-download it anytime.
The record is in Japanese — how do I read it?
Every record you order is digitized automatically into a readable, translated view in your account: the current owner, the ownership history as a timeline, and every mortgage or encumbrance with its status. The official Japanese PDF remains the authoritative document.
What if you cannot get the record?
Then you do not pay for it. If no registration exists — most often an unregistered building or vacant land — or we cannot identify the property from your request, the price of that record is refunded in full to your card.
Can I order from outside Japan?
Yes. The whole flow is online and documents are delivered by email, so it works for overseas buyers doing due diligence remotely.
Check the registered owner before you send money
Find out who is registered as the owner of any land, building, or condominium unit in Japan, and which mortgages or claims are registered against it, before you send money. The official registration record (touki) for ¥1,500, translated into plain English, often delivered within a few hours. If we can't get the record, it's refunded in full.
Free account — you only pay per record you order.
Secure card payment via Stripe