Market Expansion of the Legal Information Database
First written in FY2016-Q3. 33 of 34 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2016. Latest entry: 2026-11-11.
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- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「We provide TKC Law Library, a legal information database with more than 362,000 recorded cases, the largest number in the industry, while adding the latest information promptly. The service is highly regarded by users as a reliable source of information.」
The number of recorded cases increased from more than 351,000 to more than 362,000. The number of user institutions increased from approximately 27,000 to 31,000, and registered IDs from 70,000 to 75,000. - 2026-05-13AdvancedResults
「当社は、業界最大の判例収録数（36万2,000件超）を誇るとともに、最新情報をタイムリーに追録する法律情報データベース「ＴＫＣローライブラリー」を提供しています。」
判例収録数が従来の35万1,000件超から36万2,000件超へ拡大し、利用機関・IDも増加した。 - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「We provide TKC Law Library, a legal information database with more than 351,000 recorded cases, the largest number in the industry. Centered on legal case information (LEX/DB), it comprehensively covers laws and regulations, bibliographic information, specialist legal journals, specialist legal books and related supplementary information, while its content is continually expanded. During the period, usage expanded among TKC member offices, universities and law schools, government agencies, law firms, patent firms, corporate legal departments and overseas research institutions, reaching approximately 27,000 institutions and 70,000 user IDs as of the end of March 2025.」
The number of recorded cases increased from more than 342,000 to more than 351,000, the number of user institutions from approximately 26,000 to approximately 27,000, and the number of user IDs from approximately 59,000 to 70,000. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We provide TKC Law Library, a legal information database with more than 342,000 recorded cases, the largest number in the industry. As a result of these activities, the shift from paper-based research using reference rooms and libraries to online research has progressed, and adoption of our services has continued to increase steadily.」
The number of recorded cases increased from more than 339,000 to more than 342,000, while the shift to online research and the increase in service adoption continued. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We provide TKC Law Library, a legal information database with more than 339,000 recorded cases, the largest number in the industry. As a result of these activities, the shift from paper-based research using reference rooms and libraries to online research has progressed, and 59,000 IDs were in use at more than 26,000 institutions as of the end of December 2023.」
The number of recorded cases exceeded 339,000, with more than 26,000 user institutions and 59,000 user IDs. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「We will strengthen the functions and expand the content of LEX/DB Internet, Publisher Databases and LegalBookSearch, among other components of TKC Law Library, and promote the use of generative AI. We will also improve user convenience by providing API services and other services that link to third-party legal tech services.」
In addition to expanding the content of the legal information database, the Company identified the use of generative AI and API integration with third-party legal tech services as new functional enhancements. The number of recorded cases exceeded 337,000. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「TKC Law Library, which we provide as a standard legal research service, contains cases, laws and regulations, bibliographic information, specialist legal journals and books, and related supplementary information. It is one of Japan's largest legal information databases, with more than 335,000 recorded cases, the largest number in the industry. As a result of these activities, the number of users exceeded 59,000 IDs, and the service was used by more than 26,000 institutions as of the end of June 2023.」
Based on more than 335,000 recorded cases, the number of users increased from more than 58,000 IDs to more than 59,000 IDs, while the number of user institutions increased from more than 25,000 to more than 26,000. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「During the period, proposal activities targeting TKC member offices, universities and law schools, government agencies, law firms, patent firms, corporate legal departments, and overseas institutions and universities resulted in more than 58,000 user IDs. As of the end of March 2023, the service was used by more than 25,000 institutions.」
Proposal activities, including online activities, increased the number of Law Library users from more than 57,000 IDs to more than 58,000 IDs. The number of user institutions was more than 25,000. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「New titles are also being added on an ongoing basis, and the number of books available for viewing exceeded 990 as of the end of September 2022.」
Books available through Legal Book Search expanded from more than 770 at the end of June 2022 to more than 990. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Books available for viewing are also being added on an ongoing basis, and the collection had grown to more than 770 books as of the end of June 2022.」
Books available through Legal Book Search expanded to more than 770. Law Library had more than 57,000 user IDs and more than 25,000 user institutions, maintaining the previous level. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「During the second quarter, online proposal activities targeting TKC member offices, universities and law schools, government agencies, law firms, patent firms and corporate legal departments resulted in more than 57,000 user IDs. As of the end of March 2022, the service was used by more than 25,000 institutions.」
Online proposal activities continued, and the number of Law Library users increased from more than 56,000 IDs to more than 57,000 IDs, while the number of user institutions increased from more than 23,000 to more than 25,000. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「During the first quarter, online proposal activities targeting TKC member offices, universities and law schools, government agencies, law firms, patent firms and corporate legal departments resulted in more than 56,000 user IDs. As of the end of December 2021, the service was used by more than 23,000 institutions.」
Online proposal activities continued, and the number of Law Library users increased from more than 53,000 IDs to more than 56,000 IDs. The number of user institutions was more than 23,000. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「In June 2021, we began providing Legal Book Search as a new optional service for TKC Law Library, enabling users to view specialist books on law, accounting, taxation, management and other subjects in PDF format. During the period, online proposal activities targeting TKC member offices, universities and law schools, government agencies, law firms, patent firms, corporate legal departments and other organizations resulted in more than 53,000 user IDs. As of the end of September 2021, the service was used by more than 23,000 institutions.」
Legal Book Search was launched, and the number of Law Library users exceeded 53,000 IDs, with more than 23,000 user institutions. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「During the second quarter, online proposal activities through websites and social media targeting TKC member offices, universities and law schools, government agencies, law firms, patent firms and corporate legal departments resulted in more than 52,200 user IDs. As of the end of March 2021, the service was used by more than 23,000 institutions.」
Online proposals continued amid remote working, and the number of Law Library users exceeded 52,200 IDs. The number of user institutions exceeded 23,000. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「LEX/DB Internet, a legal information database developed independently by the Company, contains cases, decisions and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials. As of the end of September 2020, it contained more than 311,500 records, making it Japan's largest collection. TKC Law Library, an integrated legal information database centered on LEX/DB Internet, is linked to 62 legal information databases operated by 18 specialist legal publishers, including Gyosei, Nippon Hyoronsha, Yuhikaku, Chuo Keizai, Hanrei Times and Shouji Homu Kenkyukai, in addition to more than 959,000 bibliographic records and other location information. The total information accessible through the service exceeded 2.65 million items.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 309,000 to more than 311,500, while information accessible through Law Library increased from more than 2.64 million to more than 2.65 million items. The number of linked databases also increased from 60 to 62. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「LEX/DB Internet, a legal information database developed independently by the Company, contains cases, decisions and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials. As of the end of June 2020, it contained more than 309,000 records, making it Japan's largest collection. TKC Law Library, an integrated legal information database centered on LEX/DB Internet, is linked to 60 legal information databases operated by 18 specialist legal publishers, including Gyosei, Nippon Hyoronsha, Yuhikaku, Chuo Keizai, Hanrei Times and Shouji Homu Kenkyukai, in addition to more than 956,000 bibliographic records and other location information. The total information accessible through the service exceeded 2.64 million items.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased to more than 309,000. Through online proposal activities, the number of Law Library users exceeded 52,000 IDs and the number of user institutions exceeded 23,000. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「LEX/DB Internet, a legal information database developed independently by the Company, contains cases, decisions and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials. As of the end of March 2020, it contained more than 306,000 records, making it Japan's largest collection. TKC Law Library is also linked to 60 legal information databases operated by 18 companies, in addition to more than 952,000 bibliographic records and other location information, bringing total accessible information to more than 2.64 million items.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 304,000 to more than 306,000, while information accessible through Law Library increased from more than 2.62 million to more than 2.64 million items. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「LEX/DB Internet, a legal information database developed independently by the Company, contains cases, decisions and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials. As of the end of December 2019, it contained more than 304,000 records, making it Japan's largest collection.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 299,000 to more than 304,000. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「LEX/DB Internet, a legal information database developed independently by the Company, contains cases, decisions and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials. As of the end of June 2019, it contained more than 299,000 records, making it Japan's largest collection. TKC Law Library, an integrated legal information database centered on LEX/DB Internet, is linked to 57 legal information databases operated by 18 specialist legal publishers, including Gyosei, Nippon Hyoronsha, Yuhikaku, Chuo Keizai Holdings and Hanrei Times Holdings, in addition to more than 940,000 bibliographic records and other location information. The total information accessible through the service exceeded 2.62 million items.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 296,000 to more than 299,000. Information accessible through Law Library exceeded 2.62 million items, and the number of user institutions exceeded 21,500. The civil service examination learning tool had contracts with 25 universities. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「LEX/DB Internet, a legal information database developed independently by the Company, contains cases, decisions and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials. As of the end of March 2019, it contained more than 296,000 records, making it Japan's largest collection.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 294,000 to more than 296,000. As of the end of March 2019, use of Law Library had expanded to more than 20,500 institutions. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「LEX/DB Internet, a legal information database developed independently by the Company, contains cases, decisions and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials. As of the end of December 2018, it contained more than 294,000 records, making it Japan's largest collection.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 293,000 to more than 294,000. Law Library was also used by more than 19,600 institutions. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「The total number of records exceeded 293,000 as of 30 September 2018, making it Japan's largest collection. TKC Law Library, an integrated legal information database centered on LEX/DB Internet, is linked to 57 legal information databases operated by 18 specialist legal publishers, including 株式会社ぎょうせい, 株式会社日本評論社, 株式会社有斐閣, 株式会社中央経済社 and 株式会社判例タイムズ, in addition to more than 929,000 bibliographic records and other location information. The total information accessible through the service exceeded 2.6 million items.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases exceeded 293,000, while information accessible through Law Library exceeded 2.6 million items. The civil service examination learning tool had 16 contracted universities and 56 trial users. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The legal information database LEX/DB Internet combines cases and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials, with cases and other materials collected through our proprietary channels. Its total exceeded 290,000 as of 30 June, making it Japan's largest collection. In addition, TKC Law Library, an integrated legal information database centered on LEX/DB Internet, contains more than 927,000 bibliographic records and is linked to 55 specialist journal and other databases, bringing its total information content to more than 2.4 million items.」
The legal information collection exceeded 290,000 items, while total content in Law Library exceeded 2.4 million items, as the collection continues to expand. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We also began full-scale deployment of the Civil Service Examination Learning Tool for university faculties. Fifteen universities have signed contracts, and 45 are using the tool on a trial basis. We are strengthening proposal activities to expand usage further.」
Full-scale deployment of the civil service examination learning tool for university faculties began in the legal information and learning support fields, with 15 universities under contract and 45 using it on a trial basis. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「To pursue further overseas expansion, we are promoting the use of TKC Law Library in the preparation of papers by local students developing legal professionals in Asia, through cooperation with eight Japan Legal Education and Research Centers, the hubs for Nagoya University's support for legal development and legal education in Asia.」
Use of Law Library overseas and in education is being expanded through cooperation with eight Japan Legal Education and Research Centers. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「The legal information database LEX/DB Internet combines cases and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials, with cases and other materials collected through our proprietary channels. The total exceeded 290,000 as of 30 September 2017, making it Japan's largest collection.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 282,000 to more than 290,000. Total content in Law Library exceeded 2.36 million items. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The legal information database LEX/DB Internet combines cases and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials, with cases and other materials collected through our proprietary channels. The total exceeded 282,000 as of 30 June 2017, making it Japan's largest collection.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 281,000 to more than 282,000. Total content in Law Library exceeded 2.35 million items, and the number of users exceeded 50,000 IDs. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The legal information database LEX/DB Internet combines cases and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials, with cases and other materials collected through our proprietary channels. The total exceeded 281,000 as of 31 March 2017, making it Japan's largest collection.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 278,000 to more than 281,000. We are also promoting sales through customer-specific packaging and the provision of a new portal. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The legal information database LEX/DB Internet combines cases and other materials covering all legal fields, from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials, with cases and other materials collected through our proprietary channels. The total exceeded 278,000 as of 31 December 2016, making it Japan's largest collection. TKC Law Library contained more than 2.33 million items and was used by more than 16,600 institutions as of 31 December 2016.」
LEX/DB's recorded cases increased from more than 275,000 to more than 278,000, while the total number of items in Law Library also exceeded 2.33 million. - FY2016AdvancedAnnual report
「The legal information database LEX/DB Internet contains more than 275,000 cases and other materials, as of 30 September 2016, covering all legal fields and ranging from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials.」
The number of recorded cases increased from more than 273,000 to more than 275,000, while the total number of items in Law Library also exceeded 2.3289 million. - FY2016-Q3First statedAnnual report
「The legal information database LEX/DB Internet contains more than 273,000 cases and other materials, as of 30 June 2016, covering all legal fields and ranging from Supreme Court of Judicature precedents dating back to 1875 to the most recently published materials.」
TKC Law Library contains more than 2.32 million items, and is used by more than approximately 16,600 institutions. More than 60 overseas licenses are in use.