Japan Agent API

List the tools of this server with prices, data sources, licensing, daily limits and data freshness.

Re-fetch the stored result of a settled paid call (e.g. jp_trip_impact_check) by its receipt_id, for when the response was lost after payment. Free. Unknown or unsettled receipt ids return RECEIPT_NOT_FOUND. Results are kept for 90 days after settlement.

Look up one Japanese municipality code as of a date (default today): give a 5/6-digit code, or prefecture and name (old names OK). Returns status mapped / split_candidates / unknown / invalid, the valid code with English and Japanese names, change type and date (merger, incorporation, division, designated city, name change), confirmed JMA warning areas only, and J-LIS convenience-store certificate availability for 8 certificate types. Facts only, from e-Stat LOD (CC BY 4.0) and J-LIS.

Batch (up to 50) Japanese municipality code lookups as of a date, from e-Stat LOD change history (CC BY 4.0): status mapped / split_candidates (all successors, not apportioned) / unknown / invalid, the code valid on as_of with English and Japanese names, change type and date, confirmed JMA warning areas only, and J-LIS convenience-store certificate availability (available / not_listed / unknown). Facts only; no document preparation or legal advice. Retrying with the same payment is not charged.

Check a Japan itinerary [{date, prefecture}] against JMA warnings/advisories in effect now. Per stop: matched_advisory (with severity), no_match_in_checked_sources (NOT a statement of no impact) or unknown (data missing, or date not today/tomorrow JST). Returns checked sources and areas, unchecked areas, issued_at, retrieved_at, and current JMA typhoon bulletins (listed, not matched). No forecast. Retrying with the same payment is not charged; use receipt_id with get_receipt.

Typhoons JMA is currently issuing bulletins for: number, name, center position, central pressure, maximum wind, issue time, and forecast-circle centers, radii and times, relayed as structured JSON from JMA bulletins (VPTW60-65). No independent forecast, interpolation or track extension.

Current JMA Volcanic Alert Levels (1-5) or warning kinds for volcanoes without levels, for all JMA-monitored volcanoes or one (name in English or Japanese, or 3-digit JMA code): JMA English and Japanese names, level, previous level and change, issue time, prefectures named in JMA bulletins, source URL and freshness receipt. Relay only; no forecast or interpretation. Volcanoes with no bulletin seen yet are not_seen_in_checked_feeds, never assumed level 1.

Current Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) weather emergency warnings, warnings and advisories for one prefecture, as structured JSON in English and Japanese (type, level, status, areas with JMA's English names, issued_at, source URL). Relay only; no independent forecast.