Sanctions list
The Japan MOF sanctions list
Japan's Ministry of Finance publishes one consolidated CSV of parties subject to asset-freeze measures. CompliAPI discovers the current file from the official list page and parses it daily.
- Publisher
- Japan Ministry of Finance
- List type
- Sanctions
- Refresh
- Ingested daily
- API list slug
jp_mof_sanctions- Official source
- MOF economic sanctions list page
About this list
Japan implements its economic sanctions — asset-freeze measures against designated individuals and entities — through the Ministry of Finance, which publishes a consolidated list on its economic-sanctions page. The list is distributed as a single dated CSV file that is replaced as designations change.
The CSV is largely Japanese-language free text. Crypto asset addresses appear in the 'other information' column behind an explicit 暗号資産アドレス (crypto asset address) marker; passport and national ID numbers appear in free text as well, so extraction is deliberately conservative — normalized alphanumeric tokens only, to avoid inventing identifiers that are not there.
Because the filename changes with each publication, CompliAPI discovers the current CSV link from the official page on every run rather than assuming a fixed URL.
What CompliAPI extracts
- Crypto wallet addresses
- Government-issued IDs — passports and national ID numbers
How CompliAPI handles it
Discover, then fetch, daily
Each run reads the MOF's economic-sanctions list page, finds the current dated CSV link, and downloads that file — so publication-day renames never break ingestion.
Conservative Japanese-text extraction
Crypto addresses are taken only where the CSV marks them explicitly; passports and ID numbers are extracted as normalized alphanumeric tokens from the identity columns. Ambiguous free text is left out by design.
Reconciled per run
The daily run adds new identifiers and records removed ones as delistings, scoped to the Japan list alone.
Screen against this list
Every /screen endpoint checks all enabled lists by default and names the list behind each match. Add the ?lists= filter to restrict a request to this source.
GET /api/v1/screen/id/{id}?lists=jp_mof_sanctions
curl "https://api.compliapi.com/api/v1/screen/id/TK1234567?lists=jp_mof_sanctions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $COMPLIAPI_TOKEN"Response
{
"value": "TK1234567",
"flagged": false,
"sanctioned": false,
"lists_checked": ["jp_mof_sanctions"],
"matches": []
}Frequently asked questions
What does Japan's MOF sanctions list contain?
The individuals and entities subject to Japan's asset-freeze measures, published by the Ministry of Finance as one consolidated CSV. Designations include names in Japanese and roman script plus identifying details, and increasingly crypto asset addresses.
How are crypto addresses identified in the Japanese CSV?
The MOF records them in the 'other information' column behind an explicit crypto-asset-address marker (暗号資産アドレス). CompliAPI extracts only addresses behind that marker, so free text can't produce false identifiers.
How does CompliAPI handle the changing MOF file name?
The CSV filename is dated and changes with each publication, so every daily run rediscovers the current link from the official list page before downloading.
Are Japanese-language fields a problem for matching?
Identifiers are normalized (including full-width to half-width character folding) before storage, and screening compares normalized values — so an ID typed in ASCII matches one published in full-width characters.
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CompliAPI provides data and tools that support compliance workflows. It does not provide legal advice, and organizations should determine their obligations with qualified counsel.