Discover
We inspect official municipal sites in small nationwide batches, then place possible akiya banks and authorized local systems into a separate source-review queue.
OUR METHODOLOGY
Useful translation.
Visible uncertainty.
AkiyaBeacon is a discovery layer, not a replacement for the municipality, agent, registry, inspection, professional advice, or contract.
Check
We inspect the source, terms, robots directives, copyright conditions, image rights, and whether a listing-specific official URL is available.
Archive
Source decisions and property candidates preserve the original HTTPS URL, retrieval date, and review status before editorial work begins.
Translate
Source-stated facts are structured and summarized in English. Automation assists the work, but ambiguous legal or property details are not guessed.
Review
An editor checks the summary against the original source, confirms the exact official listing link, and records the editorial decision.
Validate
Automated checks test required fields, source URLs, dates, status labels, disclosures, and internal consistency before publication.
Monitor
Published sources are revisited at a respectful frequency. Price changes, status changes, removals, and unavailable pages are reviewed.
Correct
Reports from readers and source operators are checked against the original publisher, then corrected or removed when appropriate.
SOURCE FIRST
The original Japanese source remains the authority.
Every property page identifies the source publisher, links to the most specific official listing available, and shows when the source was last checked.
Discovery does not grant permission to crawl or publish. A newly found source remains outside the property crawler until its official provenance, access rules, and narrow extraction method have been reviewed.
Price, availability, eligibility, boundaries, ownership, rights, building condition, utilities, taxes, fees, subsidies, and contractual terms can change or require case-specific interpretation. These must be confirmed with the original publisher and qualified professionals.
A summary marked as AI-assisted may use automation for extraction, translation, or drafting. Publication still requires editorial review; an AI label is not a guarantee of accuracy.
IMAGE POLICY
Illustration is never passed off as evidence.
Official listing photos remain at the original publisher's website unless the rights holder clearly permits reproduction.
When AkiyaBeacon uses an AI-generated conceptual illustration, it is labelled as an illustration—not a photograph of the property. The visual is based only on reviewed source facts and must not invent condition, renovation quality, parking, boundaries, or amenities.
Readers should use the official photo gallery, arrange an inspection, and obtain professional checks before evaluating a property.
CORRECTIONS
Found something outdated or wrong?
Send the property URL, the specific issue, and—if available—the authoritative source that supports the correction. We review the report against the original publisher and update, annotate, or remove the page as appropriate.
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