How-to guide
How do you get a Japanese IP address?
Short answerYou get a Japanese IP address by routing your traffic through a server in Japan: a residential proxy (a home IP on NTT or KDDI fibre), a mobile proxy (a Docomo, au or SoftBank IP), a VPN or a datacenter proxy. With Jade Proxies, add country-jp to the proxy username; a 1 GB test costs $1.50.
What are the ways to get a Japanese IP address?
There are four ways to get a Japanese IP address: a residential proxy, a mobile proxy, a VPN or a datacenter proxy. All four give you an address located in Japan; they differ in the network that owns it, which any site can read from an ASN lookup.
| Option | What sites see | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential proxy | A home fibre IP from an ISP such as NTT FLET'S Hikari, au Hikari or SoftBank Hikari | $1.50 for 1 GB at Jade Proxies; $0.50/GB from 100 GB | Public data collection, price checks, SERP tracking |
| Mobile proxy | A carrier IP from NTT Docomo, au (KDDI), SoftBank or Rakuten Mobile, shared by many phones | $4.50/day per dedicated port at Jade Proxies | Apps, mobile ads, brand accounts you manage |
| VPN | A server IP in a Japanese datacenter, applied to the whole device | Monthly subscription; varies by provider | Personal browsing and privacy on one device |
| Datacenter proxy | An IP owned by a hosting company | jpProxy: ¥295 per IP a month plus ¥200 setup (own page, 5 October 2026) | Sites that accept hosting IPs |
A VPN changes the IP of the whole device and cannot switch city or IP per request; a proxy works per application and per request. The proxy vs VPN comparison covers that choice in depth. For a comparison of Japanese residential providers on price, expiry and identity checks, see the best residential proxy for Japan.
How do you get a Japanese IP with a proxy, step by step?
You get a Japanese proxy IP in seven steps, from choosing the IP type to checking the exit address:
- 01
Pick the IP type
Use a residential IP for websites and a mobile port for apps. Residential is the cheaper start: our price grid shows one day of a Japanese port ($4.50) costs three times the 1 GB residential plan ($1.50).
- 02
Top up and buy a small plan
Add at least $25 to your balance in crypto (accepted: BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL and LTC), then buy the Test plan (1 GB for $1.50). Traffic never expires, so unused GB stay on the account.
- 03
Get your credentials
Authenticate with a username and password, or allowlist up to 10 of your own IPs; sub-users can have their own credentials and traffic cap.
- 04
Add Japan to the username
The format is
USERNAME-country-{cc}-city-{city}-session-{id}-ttl-{minutes}. WriteUSERNAME-country-jpfor any Japanese IP, orUSERNAME-country-jp-city-osakafor Osaka. - 05
Point your tool at the gateway
Use host
gw.jadeproxies.comwith port 7777 for HTTP and HTTPS, or port 7778 for SOCKS5, in your browser, script, scraper or anti-detect browser. - 06
Verify the exit IP
Request an IP lookup service through the proxy and confirm the country is JP and the ASN belongs to a Japanese ISP or carrier, as shown in the next section.
- 07
Choose rotation or a sticky session
Without a session ID, each new connection gets an IP from the pool, usually a different one; to get a new IP on every request, send one request per connection (turn off keep-alive). Add
-session-abc123-ttl-30to keep one IP up to 30 minutes (the IP can change earlier).
How do you check that your IP is really Japanese?
Check two fields through the proxy: the country code, which must be JP, and the ASN, the network that announces the address. A residential IP shows a Japanese consumer ISP such as NTT or KDDI; a mobile IP shows a carrier such as NTT Docomo or SoftBank. An organisation name like Amazon, Google Cloud or a hosting company means a datacenter IP.
From the command line:
curl -x http://USERNAME-country-jp:[email protected]:7777 https://ipinfo.io/jsonIn Python, with the requests library:
import requests
proxy = "http://USERNAME-country-jp-city-tokyo:[email protected]:7777"
proxies = {"http": proxy, "https": proxy}
info = requests.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", proxies=proxies, timeout=30).json()
print(info["ip"], info["country"], info.get("city"), info.get("org"))
# Expect country "JP" and an org (ASN) naming a Japanese ISP or carrierCountry and ASN are the reliable checks. City is less precise: two geolocation databases can place the same IP in different Japanese cities, so judge city targeting on several requests rather than one. The Python requests guide covers retries, sessions and SOCKS5.
Which Japanese cities can you choose?
Jade Proxies residential plans target Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya and Sapporo, on top of country-wide Japanese IPs: Jade Proxies offers country and city targeting on every plan; ASN targeting at no extra cost; city availability varies.
City matters when the data itself is local: Google Japan map results, store availability or regional ads. For national price checks on Rakuten Ichiba or Amazon.co.jp, country-jp alone is enough and draws on the whole Japanese pool. Dedicated mobile ports run on NTT Docomo, au (KDDI), SoftBank or Rakuten Mobile SIMs and are sold per country; dedicated ports are subject to stock per country and carrier; a port not delivered within 24 hours is credited back in full.
Why does a Japanese site still treat you as a foreign visitor?
A Japanese IP is one signal among several: sites also read the ASN, the browser language, the time zone and the pattern of requests. To see the page a Japanese visitor sees during a test, align all of them.
- Use a consumer IP. A datacenter IP in Tokyo is still a datacenter IP; residential and mobile IPs carry a Japanese ISP or carrier ASN.
- Send Japanese headers. Set
Accept-Language: ja-JPand, in a test browser, the Asia/Tokyo time zone. - Keep one IP per flow. Use a sticky session for logins, baskets and multi-page searches.
- Slow down. A burst of identical requests looks automated from any country.
The full Jade Proxies grid, with residential, port and rotating-mobile prices, is on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be in Japan to get a Japanese IP address?
No. You connect to the proxy gateway from any country, and the request leaves the network from a device in Japan. The website sees only the Japanese exit IP.
Is it legal to use a Japanese IP address from abroad?
Yes, for lawful work such as checking prices, search results, ads or your own app from Japan. What matters is what you do through the IP and each site's terms; fraud, spam and unauthorised access are forbidden by the Jade Proxies acceptable use policy.
How long can I keep the same Japanese IP?
A residential sticky session keeps one IP up to 30 minutes (the IP can change earlier). A dedicated Japanese mobile port changes IP when you call its rotation link or API, or on a timer you set from every 2 minutes to every 24 hours.
What is the cheapest way to get a Japanese IP at Jade Proxies?
The 1 GB residential plan at $1.50, bought from a balance with a $25 minimum top-up. The rest of the balance stays available for more traffic or other countries.
Can I get a new Japanese IP for every request?
Yes. On a residential plan, each new connection gets an IP from the pool, usually a different one; to get a new IP on every request, send one request per connection (turn off keep-alive). No session ID is needed for this mode.
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