Risk-categorised results
Results are grouped by risk category, such as fraud, financial crime and corruption, so a reviewer sees what kind of risk a story describes before reading it.
Japan · Adverse media
Adverse Media Screening for Organisations in Japan
Screen customers and entities in Japan for financial crime, fraud and corruption reporting, with risk-categorised results, ongoing monitoring and a recorded review.
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What this covers
- Financial crime and fraud reporting
- Corruption and bribery coverage
- Risk-categorised results
- Ongoing monitoring
- Evidence captured with each decision
Screening in production for
The Japan-specific problem
Fraud is where the proceeds come from.
The FSA reported that damage from online and telephone scams reached JPY 325.7 billion in 2025, roughly 1.6 times the previous year, driven by investment and romance scams originating on social platforms. Much of that money moves through accounts opened in other people's names. Adverse media is one of the few checks that can surface a customer's link to that activity before it shows up in transactions.
Adverse media screening in Japan- Results sorted by risk category, not by date
- Japanese names checked across scripts and transcriptions, narrowed by identifiers
- New reporting picked up between scheduled reviews
- Review decisions and evidence kept with the customer record
Capabilities
What you get.
Noise reduction
Secondary identifiers narrow common-name results, which matters for Japanese names that reach the check in more than one script or transcription.
Ongoing monitoring
Customers are re-checked as new reporting appears, so a story published after onboarding reaches the file rather than waiting for the next scheduled review.
Evidence capture
The article, the reviewer's conclusion and the reason are kept with the case, ready for an internal audit or a supervisor.
One record with screening
Adverse media sits alongside PEP and sanctions results in the same record, so a reviewer weighs them together.
Scope
What you can screen.
- Customers and beneficial owners
- Financial crime and fraud allegations
- Corruption and bribery reporting
- Reporting that appears after onboarding
- Review decisions and their evidence
- 1,000+
- Global watchlists screened
- <1s
- Average screening response
- 24h
- Watchlist refresh cycle
- 195
- Countries covered
Assurance
What your security review will ask for.
- 99.98%
- System uptime
- <24h
- Average integration time
- 24–48h
- Signed to production account
- <1s
- Average screening response
ISO/IEC 27001:2022Information security management, independently audited.
ISO/IEC 27701:2019Privacy information management, extending ISO 27001.
GDPRPersonal data handled to EU standards, wherever you operate.
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Questions
Common questions.
Why does adverse media matter for firms operating in Japan?
Fraud is a leading source of criminal proceeds in Japan. The FSA reported online and telephone scam damage of JPY 325.7 billion in 2025, and named crypto-assets, stablecoins and online casinos as emerging risks for firms to track.
Which sources and languages are covered?
Source and language coverage varies. Talk to our team about the Japanese and international media your review needs, and we will confirm what is available for your use case.
How is a result reviewed and recorded?
Each result is categorised by risk, and the reviewer's conclusion, reason and the underlying article are kept with the case, so the decision can be explained later.
How is this different from the global adverse media page?
The product is the same. This page covers how it applies to organisations in Japan: the fraud-driven risk picture, Japanese name handling and review evidence. The global page describes the product for every market.
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