Possible Directive against 株式会社Sumika

株式会社Sumika (Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business Act)
Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business ActHyogo PrefecturePossible entity match25 March 2024
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Action summary

Company
Original: 株式会社Sumika
Entity match
Possible entity match60/100Human reviewed
Company name extracted from the Japanese public disclosure
Governing law
Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business Act
宅地建物取引業法
Action type
Directive
指示
Action date
25 March 2024
Issuing authority
Hyogo Prefecture
兵庫県

Violation

Machine-translated summary — verify against original

Collected advertising fees from the landlord under the pretext of advertising costs without providing a detailed statement, despite having received the maximum brokerage fee from the tenant for the rental property involved in the brokerage. This violates Article 46, Paragraph 2 of the Act.

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仲介を行った賃貸物件に関し、借主から媒介報酬の限度額を受領したにもかかわらず、別途、貸主に対して広告費用の明細を示さず、広告料の名目で費用を徴収した。このことは、法第46条第2項の規定に違反する。

Compliance context

Medium

A regulator issued a directive requiring specified action.

Real-estate transaction law covering licensed real-estate brokers and related transaction duties.

Verify the required action and whether the company has disclosed remediation or completion.

This context is an operational aid for review workflows, not a credit opinion or legal conclusion.

Evidence pack

Original Hyogo Prefecture announcement (Japanese)
Extracted at
2026-04-25T19:47:35.371+00:00
Evidence checked
2026-04-25T19:47:35.371+00:00
Archive captured
Not archived
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    },
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    },
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    }
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    "translatedAt": "2026-05-01T07:21:57.792+00:00",
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    "generatedAt": "2026-06-09T22:08:59.218Z"
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    "English summaries are provided for reference. The original Japanese source is authoritative.",
    "Possible or unresolved entity matches should be manually verified before use in a decision."
  ]
}

The original Japanese disclosure is the authoritative record. Use possible or unresolved matches only as leads for manual review.

Company info

English name
株式会社Sumika Japanese original
Japanese name
株式会社Sumika
Registered address
兵庫県姫路市
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About this recordAggregated and translated from public Japanese government disclosures. The English text is for reference only — authoritative content is the linked Japanese source.