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data.go.jp

Japan's national open data catalog, indexing public sector datasets from ministries and agencies across the country.

data.go.jp is the open data catalog of the Japanese government, indexing datasets from ministries and agencies. It is the central national catalog for Japanese public-sector data, complementing detailed mapping from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI).

Coverage includes administrative, economic, environmental, and statistical datasets, with geographic data for mapping. Datasets are commonly published under Creative Commons Attribution, free for reuse.

Frequently Asked Questions

data.go.jp is the general open data catalog; the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) provides authoritative base mapping and elevation.

Creative Commons Attribution is common, permitting free reuse with attribution.

Administrative, economic, environmental, and statistical datasets, including geographic data.

Details

AgencyGovernment of Japan
LevelNational
RegionAsia
CoverageJapan
LicenseOpen (CC BY)
Formats
CSVGeoJSONShapefileAPI
Update FrequencyContinuous
Categories
JapanNationalOpen Data
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