piighost/jp-postal

Japanese postal code: three digits, a dash, then four digits. The dash is what makes it safe to detect, since the same seven digits written without it would be indistinguishable from the tail of a phone number.

Label: JP_POSTAL

Pattern

(?<!\w)\d{3}-\d{4}(?!\w)(?![\s.-]?\d)

Must be caught

• The office is at 100-0005 Chiyoda, Tokyo. → 100-0005
• Ship it to 530-0001 in Osaka please. → 530-0001

Must be left alone

• The old code was 100
• Range 100-00

Tags: jp, location, contact

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Used by

• piighost/jp — Japan: phone, postal code and the My Number individual identifier.

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