Must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 ip address, e.g. 127.0.0.1 or 2001:DB8:0:0:8:800:200C:417A
Basic Info

City: unknown

Region: unknown

Country: Japan

Internet Service Provider: unknown

Hostname: unknown

Organization: unknown

Usage Type: unknown

Comments:
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Comments on same subnet:
IP Type Details Datetime
157.7.188.85 attackbots
Automatic report - XMLRPC Attack
2019-11-23 21:26:38
157.7.188.73 attackbots
Human Trafficking Spam

Subject: (Awakened Mind)
2019-07-06 13:54:10
Whois info:
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NetRange:       157.6.0.0 - 157.14.191.255
CIDR:           157.14.128.0/18, 157.8.0.0/14, 157.12.0.0/15, 157.14.0.0/17, 157.6.0.0/15
NetName:        APNIC-ERX-157-6-0-0-1
NetHandle:      NET-157-6-0-0-1
Parent:         NET157 (NET-157-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Early Registrations, Transferred to APNIC
OriginAS:       
Organization:   Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
RegDate:        2004-04-07
Updated:        2024-06-26
Comment:        This IP address range is not registered in the ARIN database.
Comment:        This range was transferred to the APNIC Whois Database as
Comment:        part of the ERX (Early Registration Transfer) project.
Comment:        For details, refer to the APNIC Whois Database via
Comment:        WHOIS.APNIC.NET or http://wq.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl
Comment:        
Comment:        ** IMPORTANT NOTE: APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry
Comment:        for the Asia Pacific region. APNIC does not operate networks
Comment:        using this IP address range and is not able to investigate
Comment:        spam or abuse reports relating to these addresses. For more
Comment:        help, refer to http://www.apnic.net/apnic-info/whois_search2/abuse-and-spamming
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/157.6.0.0

ResourceLink:  https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/query
ResourceLink:  whois.apnic.net


OrgName:        Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
OrgId:          APNIC
Address:        PO Box 3646
City:           South Brisbane
StateProv:      QLD
PostalCode:     4101
Country:        AU
RegDate:        
Updated:        2012-01-24
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/APNIC

ReferralServer:  whois://whois.apnic.net
ResourceLink:  https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/query

OrgAbuseHandle: AWC12-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   APNIC Whois Contact
OrgAbusePhone:  +61 7 3858 3188 
OrgAbuseEmail:  search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AWC12-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: AWC12-ARIN
OrgTechName:   APNIC Whois Contact
OrgTechPhone:  +61 7 3858 3188 
OrgTechEmail:  search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AWC12-ARIN


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#
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Found a referral to whois.apnic.net.

% [whois.apnic.net]
% Whois data copyright terms    http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html

% Information related to '157.7.32.0 - 157.7.255.255'

% Abuse contact for '157.7.32.0 - 157.7.255.255' is 'hostmaster@nic.ad.jp'

inetnum:        157.7.32.0 - 157.7.255.255
netname:        interQ
descr:          GMO Internet Group, Inc.
descr:          SAINTcity,3-1-1,kyomachi,Kokurakita-ku,Kitakyushu-shi,Fukuoka,802-0002,Japan
admin-c:        JNIC1-AP
tech-c:         JNIC1-AP
remarks:        Email address for spam or abuse complaints : abuse@internet.gmo
country:        JP
mnt-by:         MAINT-JPNIC
mnt-lower:      MAINT-JPNIC
mnt-irt:        IRT-JPNIC-JP
status:         ALLOCATED PORTABLE
last-modified:  2025-10-08T09:56:01Z
source:         APNIC

irt:            IRT-JPNIC-JP
address:        Uchikanda OS Bldg 4F, 2-12-6 Uchi-Kanda
address:        Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047, japan
e-mail:         hostmaster@nic.ad.jp
abuse-mailbox:  hostmaster@nic.ad.jp
phone:          +81-3-5297-2311
fax-no:         +81-3-5297-2312
admin-c:        JNIC1-AP
tech-c:         JNIC1-AP
auth:           # Filtered
remarks:        hostmaster@nic.ad.jp was validated on 2024-11-27
mnt-by:         MAINT-JPNIC
last-modified:  2025-09-04T01:00:00Z
source:         APNIC

role:           Japan Network Information Center
address:        Uchikanda OS Bldg 4F, 2-12-6 Uchi-Kanda
address:        Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047, Japan
country:        JP
phone:          +81-3-5297-2311
fax-no:         +81-3-5297-2312
e-mail:         hostmaster@nic.ad.jp
admin-c:        JI13-AP
tech-c:         JE53-AP
nic-hdl:        JNIC1-AP
mnt-by:         MAINT-JPNIC
last-modified:  2022-01-05T03:04:02Z
source:         APNIC

% Information related to '157.7.188.0 - 157.7.189.255'

inetnum:        157.7.188.0 - 157.7.189.255
netname:        HETEML-JP
descr:          paperboy&co. Inc.
remarks:        Email address for spam or abuse complaints:net-abuse@pepabo.com
country:        JP
admin-c:        JP00095621
tech-c:         JP00095621
last-modified:  2025-10-29T21:11:04Z
remarks:        This information has been partially mirrored by APNIC from
remarks:        JPNIC. To obtain more specific information, please use the
remarks:        JPNIC WHOIS Gateway at
remarks:        http://www.nic.ad.jp/en/db/whois/en-gateway.html or
remarks:        whois.nic.ad.jp for WHOIS client. (The WHOIS client
remarks:        defaults to Japanese output, use the /e switch for English
remarks:        output)
source:         JPNIC

% This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service version 1.88.36-SNAPSHOT (WHOIS-AU5)
Dig info:
; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Ubuntu <<>> 157.7.188.58
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 18166
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;157.7.188.58.			IN	A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.			30	IN	SOA	a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2025111100 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 194 msec
;; SERVER: 183.60.83.19#53(183.60.83.19)
;; WHEN: Tue Nov 11 17:00:56 CST 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 105
Host info
58.188.7.157.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer users253.phy.heteml.jp.
Nslookup info:
Server:		183.60.83.19
Address:	183.60.83.19#53

Non-authoritative answer:
58.188.7.157.in-addr.arpa	name = users253.phy.heteml.jp.

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