Quick answer
Where do JapanProxies' Japanese residential IPs come from?
JapanProxies's residential IPs in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong come from established partner networks whose names we do not publish. We do not run a device network of our own: we resell their bandwidth per GB, from $0.50/GB. Our upstream provider confirms that device owners opt in and can opt out, and that its supply does not come from seized or disrupted networks such as NetNut or IPIDEA. Paid in crypto, no KYC.
Sourcing at a glance
| Supply | Established partner networks (names not published) |
|---|---|
| Residential exits | Home internet connections in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong |
| Mobile exits | Dedicated 4G/5G modems with local carrier SIMs |
| Own device network | None: no app, SDK or browser extension of ours turns devices into exits |
| Blocked targets | Banking, government and payment-portal sites, plus SMTP (email-sending) ports 25, 465 and 587 |
| Abuse reports | [email protected] — Abuse reports are reviewed by a person, and confirmed abuse leads to suspension |
What does our upstream provider confirm?
We resell residential and mobile IPs from established upstream partner networks. Our upstream provider confirms two points, which describe its commitments, not what we have inspected on each device:
- Consent: device owners opt in and can opt out.
- No seized or disrupted supply: its supply does not come from networks that authorities or platforms seized or disrupted, such as NetNut or IPIDEA.
We also block sensitive targets for every customer and act on abuse reports, as described below.
What can we not verify ourselves?
No reseller can see inside the devices behind partner IPs. These questions stay open for us, as for others:
- whether every device owner understood the terms they accepted;
- whether an IP was part of another proxy pool or a botnet before it joined a partner network;
- whether a partner buys part of its supply from other networks;
- how each geolocation database places a given IP.
What we can do is limit harm: block sensitive targets for every customer, act on abuse reports, close abusive accounts, and pass reports about an IP range to the partner concerned.
What did the 2026 takedowns change for East Asian IPs?
- IPIDEA, January 2026. Google's Threat Intelligence Group announced action against the IPIDEA residential proxy network on 28 January 2026. It reported that more than 550 threat groups used IPIDEA exit nodes in one seven-day period, and it named the proxy brands linked to the network.
- NetNut, July 2026. On 2 July 2026 the FBI seized NetNut's domains, according to KrebsOnSecurity, in an action tied to a botnet of compromised devices. Google wrote that many residential proxy brands were built on that network.
For buyers of Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese or Hong Kong IPs, the lesson is the same as everywhere: ask each provider how its supply is built, and avoid brands named in these actions. We do not recommend or compare ourselves with those brands.
Questions to ask any proxy provider
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Where do your residential IPs come from, in writing? | A provider that cannot answer may not know. |
| How do device owners join and leave? | Consent and the ability to stop are the basis of a clean network. |
| Are you linked to IPIDEA or NetNut? | Both were disrupted in 2026; their exits can resurface in other pools. |
| Which targets do you block? | Blocking banks, government sites and payment portals limits fraud. |
| Who handles abuse, and how fast? | A named address and a stated delay show the provider acts on reports. |
| Is your price far below the market? | Proxyway's 2026 research describes a grey market where a gigabyte can cost $0.30 or less. |
Sourcing questions
Who are your partner networks?
We do not publish their names. We publish what we ask them to confirm and the limits of our checks. For a compliance review, write to [email protected]; we answer sourcing questions by email while keeping partner names private.
Is JapanProxies connected to NetNut or IPIDEA?
Our upstream provider confirms that its supply does not come from seized or disrupted networks such as NetNut or IPIDEA, and that device owners opt in and can opt out. IPs can move between pools after a takedown, so no reseller can rule out that an address once appeared elsewhere.
Do you know how many Japanese IPs you have?
We do not publish a pool size, because we cannot measure it independently and the number changes all the time. Test your own targets with 1 GB first.
Why are your prices not lower?
Our residential prices do not go below $0.50/GB. Proxyway's 2026 market research links very low prices ($0.30/GB or less) with grey-market sellers; a low price alone does not prove it, but we prefer to keep a floor.
Sources (4)
- Disrupting the largest residential proxy network — Google Threat Intelligence Group (2026-01-28)
- FBI seizes NetNut proxy platform, Popa botnet — KrebsOnSecurity (2026-07-02)
- Google's continued disruption of residential proxy networks — Google Threat Intelligence Group (2026-07-02)
- Proxy Market Research 2026 — Proxyway (2026-05-28)