Business Improvement Order against 東邦瓦斯株式会社

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    "url": "https://regbase.jp/en/enforcement/other-dong-bang-wa-si-20240723",
    "company_name_original": "東邦瓦斯株式会社",
    "company_name_registry": "東邦瓦斯株式会社",
    "corporate_number": null,
    "law": {
      "ja": "ガス事業法",
      "en": "ガス事業法"
    },
    "action_type": {
      "ja": "業務改善命令",
      "en": "Business Improvement Order"
    },
    "authority": {
      "ja": "経済産業省",
      "en": "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry"
    }
  },
  "entity_match": {
    "status": "likely",
    "confidence": 80,
    "method": "normalized_name_existing_company",
    "method_label": "Normalized Japanese name matched to an existing RegBase company profile",
    "notes": "Matched by normalized Japanese company name to an existing RegBase company profile. Corporate Number was not available on the profile at extraction time."
  },
  "review": {
    "status": "machine_reviewed",
    "label": "Machine checked"
  },
  "compliance_context": {
    "severity": "Medium-high",
    "actionMeaning": "A formal order requiring business process or compliance control improvements.",
    "practicalNote": "Ask for remediation evidence if the company is material to your compliance, finance, or customer-facing operations.",
    "lawContext": "Japanese regulatory disclosure under ガス事業法."
  },
  "evidence": {
    "recordUrl": "https://regbase.jp/en/enforcement/other-dong-bang-wa-si-20240723",
    "officialSourceUrl": "https://www.meti.go.jp/press/2024/07/20240723004/20240723004.html",
    "archiveUrl": "https://kiroku.today/view/baf8286202zd9xn2",
    "archiveCapturedAt": "2026-05-10T06:03:20.928+00:00",
    "extractedAt": "2026-05-10T06:03:20.427+00:00",
    "translatedAt": null,
    "evidenceCheckedAt": "2026-05-10T06:03:21.171+00:00",
    "generatedAt": "2026-05-10T10:25:37.685Z"
  },
  "limitations": [
    "RegBase aggregates public Japanese government disclosures and does not provide a credit opinion.",
    "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."
  ]
}