Integration of Japanese and European Legal AI 

• Europe’s sovereign Legal AI Noxtua is collaborating with Japanese legal data & AI company Legalscape to connect European and Japanese Legal AI solutions 

• Noxtua provides access to authoritative European legal data through partnerships with leading legal publishers, while Legalscape offers a comprehensive Legal AI similarly grounded in partnerships with major publishers 

• Through secure API integration, legal professionals will be able to work with European and Japanese Legal AI within their respective platforms 

BERLIN/TOKYO, March 04, 2026 – The European AI company Noxtua enters a collaboration with Japanese legal data & AI company Legalscape. In this global partnership, the companies will include their offerings via API in the respective Legal AI platforms so that legal professionals from Europe and Japan will be able to benefit from European and Japanese Legal AI. This optional module enables the access in the respective interfaces: Users of Noxtua’s Legal AI Workspaces can access in the future Legalscape’s Japanese legal research capabilities in Noxtua’s interface, while Legalscape users will be able to access Europe’s sovereign Legal AI and European legal data through Legalscape's platform. This partnership will enable European legal professional in the future to work with Japanese legal data on a European platform for the first time.   

University Spin-offs transforming Legal AI 

Both legal tech companies share extensive AI expertise through their academic background in AI research and their long experience in AI development, having both been founded in 2017 out of research at the University of Tokyo (Legalscape) or respectively, Oxford University and Imperial College London (Noxtua).  

Legally compliant and competent Noxtua covers the entire spectrum of legal text work – from information gathering (research) and analysis of complex issues (understanding) to document creation (drafting). The country specific Legal AI Workspaces that Europe’s sovereign Legal AI develops in close strategic partnerships with leading European legal publishing houses, are based on a complete AI system with sovereign infrastructure, models, exclusive data, and interface. Noxtua recently launched their Europe license, the first of its kind in the market, with which legal experts can access multiple European publishers and jurisdictions through a single interface, enabling seamless cross-border legal work in one consistent Legal AI Workspace. 

Legalscape empowers legal professionals with a comprehensive legal research platform. In Japan, where legal practice relies heavily on secondary sources, the company has partnered with over 40 top-tier publishers to secure this essential data. Pioneering AI-powered legal research in 2023 with patented NLP (Natural Language Processing), the company's latest solution, "Legal Intelligence by Legalscape", delivers deep, context-aware insights. The company maintains strict compliance with Japanese regulations regarding data protection and professional secrecy. 

Legal traditions and international AI collaboration 

“Legal work doesn’t stop at national boundaries, therefore, Legal AI also should be able to cover different jurisdictions. Our new collaboration with Legalscape is another big step as it opens Europe’s sovereign Legal AI Noxtua to the global market – while also adhering with our overall strategy of finding strong strategic partners. We're delighted to enter this international partnership with Legalscape as it combines leading legal tech expertise,” highlights Dr. Leif-Nissen Lundbæk (CEO & Co-Founder Noxtua). 

“With our new initiative 'Legal Intelligence by Legalscape,' we aim to integrate Japanese legal knowledge into global platforms. Equally important, we're excited to bring European and international legal expertise to Japanese professionals through partners like Noxtua, who share our strength in authoritative secondary legal information. This reciprocal collaboration allows us to bridge our technologies and deliver seamless, cross-border value to legal professionals worldwide,” says Miki Yagita (CEO & Co-Founder Legalscape) 

Availability 

The API integration of Legalscape’s and Noxtua’s research and analysis capabilities of will be made available to users in the following months.