Edition Intelligence Platform
The Edition Intelligence Platform provides AI agents with structured, verified knowledge of Japanese business, culture, and regulations through 43 tools across 20 domains.
Memory & Knowledge Management
Store and recall conversational episodes with Japanese-aware keigo analysis, social hierarchy detection, and confidence scoring
Extract structured subject→predicate→object facts from Japanese text
Retrieve aggregated session context to inject into agent prompts
Regulation & Compliance
Check regulatory requirements across 10 industries (food, real estate, finance, healthcare, construction, education, transport, retail, IT, manufacturing)
Access tourist compliance info (visa, tax-free shopping, transport, manners)
Log compliance events and generate audit reports (AI Act readiness)
Business Intelligence
Look up business protocols: nemawashi, ringi, hourensou, meishi exchange, seating order
Access the Japanese business calendar: fiscal year cycles, Golden Week, Obon, gift seasons, administrative deadlines
Explore regional business differences (e.g., Tokyo vs. Osaka negotiation styles, local subsidies)
Understand organizational structures: keiretsu networks, corporate hierarchy, payment customs (net-60), contract practices
Foreign Market Entry
Step-by-step guidance for company incorporation (KK/GK), management visas, bank account setup, real estate, tax registration, and hiring employees
Travel, Lifestyle & Culture
Travel: shinkansen, IC cards, ryokan/onsen etiquette, tipping customs
Entertainment: oshi-katsu fan culture, anime pilgrimages, seasonal festivals
Daily life: garbage sorting, postal/address systems, utilities, healthcare navigation
Language: keigo honorific systems, counter words, business Japanese templates
Food: dining etiquette, restaurant systems, dietary restrictions (halal, vegetarian, allergies)
Safety & Disaster Preparedness
Earthquake shindo scale, EEW alerts, typhoon warning levels, emergency contacts, and disaster checklists
Cross-Domain Search
A single query searches all 20 domains simultaneously for comprehensive answers
Access Tiers: Free tier covers 8 core domains (100 req/day); Pro ($2,980/mo) unlocks all 20 domains with full data quality guarantees (authoritative sources, verification dates, confidence scores, versioning).
EDITION Intelligence Platform
Japan Knowledge Gateway for autonomous AI agents.
20 knowledge domains · 43 MCP tools · 7 Skills Packs · 100+ REST endpoints Verified ground truth for operating in the Japanese market. Quality score: 97.8/100.
Production API: api.edition.sh — Free beta, no registration required.
Interactive Demo: Tourist Agent Demo — Watch 6 domains work together in real-time.
Why EDITION?
AI agents working in Japan hit walls that generic LLMs can't solve:
Challenge | What goes wrong |
Keigo (敬語) | 「お持ちすれば喜ばれるかと存じます」 — hidden subject, layered honorifics, uncertainty expression. Generic NLP treats this as noise. |
Implicit agreements | Japanese business communication rarely states things directly. Agents need cultural decoding. |
Regulatory maze | 10+ industries with overlapping national/prefectural regulations, most documentation only in Japanese. |
Procedural complexity | Company incorporation, visa, banking — each requires 5-8 steps with specific documents, deadlines, and costs. |
EDITION provides verified, structured intelligence that agents can use as ground truth instead of hallucinating cultural nuances, legal requirements, and procedural details.
Related MCP server: Torify — Japanese Locale APIs for AI Agents
20 Knowledge Domains
# | Domain | Tools | What it covers |
1 | Memory |
| Three-layer persistent memory (Episode/Fact/Context) with Japanese keigo analysis and social hierarchy detection |
2 | Regulation |
| 10 industries (food, real estate, finance, healthcare, construction, education, transport, retail, IT, manufacturing) + tourist compliance |
3 | Protocol |
| Nemawashi, ringi, hourensou, meishi koukan, sekijun, zoutou — step-by-step procedures with cultural context |
4 | Calendar |
| Fiscal year (April start), Golden Week, Obon, year-end, gift seasons, administrative deadlines |
5 | Regional |
| Tokyo vs Osaka negotiation styles, local subsidies, prefectural regulations, dialect considerations |
6 | Organization |
| Keiretsu networks, corporate hierarchy (bucho/kacho), payment customs (net-60), contract practices |
7 | Foreign Entry |
| 6 categories: company incorporation (KK/GK), management visa, bank account, real estate, tax registration, employee hiring |
8 | Travel |
| Shinkansen, IC cards, ryokan etiquette, onsen rules, restaurant ordering, tipping customs |
9 | Entertainment |
| Oshi-katsu fan culture, anime pilgrimage, live event manners, seasonal festivals |
10 | Daily Life |
| Postal/address systems, garbage sorting by municipality, utilities (electricity/gas/water/NHK), healthcare navigation |
11 | Language |
| Keigo honorific system, counter words (josushi), name/address structure, business Japanese templates |
12 | Food Culture |
| Dining etiquette, cuisine classification, restaurant navigation (shokkenki, izakaya, sushi counter), dietary restrictions (halal, vegetarian, allergies) |
13 | Disaster & Safety |
| Earthquake shindo scale & EEW, typhoon warning levels, emergency contacts (110/119/118), preparedness checklists |
14 | Healthcare |
| National health insurance, hospital navigation, prescription system, medical Japanese terminology |
15 | Education |
| School system (6-3-3-4), entrance exams, international schools, university admission for foreigners |
16 | Real Estate |
| Rental process (shikikin/reikin/hoshoukin), property types, foreigner-friendly agencies, contract terms |
17 | Tax |
| Income tax, consumption tax, withholding, year-end adjustment, tax filing for foreigners and businesses |
18 | Banking & Finance |
| Bank account types, remittance, fintech services, corporate banking, payment systems |
19 | Visa & Immigration |
| Visa categories, status of residence, renewal procedures, permanent residency, naturalization |
20 | Cross-Domain |
| Search all 20 domains simultaneously with a single query |
Skills Packs (MCP Skills Primitive)
Pre-built knowledge packs that bundle domain expertise, SOPs, and tool orchestration instructions. Skills-aware agents can load these to gain structured Japan operational knowledge.
Skill Pack | Domains | Use Case |
regulation, foreign_entry, organization | Company incorporation, visa, banking | |
protocol, calendar, regional, language | Meetings, nemawashi, business Japanese | |
travel, food, entertainment, disaster | Tourist assistance, dining, safety | |
daily_life, food, language | Utilities, garbage, healthcare | |
protocol, organization, language | Implicit communication, hierarchy | |
disaster, regulation | Earthquake response, regulatory compliance | |
regulation, governance | Audit trails, compliance reporting, AI Act readiness |
→ Full Skills Pack documentation
Governance Intelligence
EDITION includes built-in compliance audit trail tools for agents operating under governance requirements. Available in both Progressive Discovery and Legacy modes.
regulation_check → compliance_log → compliance_report
↓ ↓ ↓
Check rules Record audit Generate reportTool | Purpose |
| Create immutable, timestamped audit record after any regulatory check |
| Generate governance reports (summary / detailed / JSON) from audit trail |
Designed for EU AI Act (Aug 2026) and upcoming Japan AI governance compliance.
Quick Start
Option 1: npx (Recommended for Claude Desktop / Cursor)
npx -y edition-mcp-serverAdd to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"edition": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "edition-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"EDITION_API_URL": "https://api.edition.sh",
"EDITION_API_KEY": "edition_dev_key_for_testing"
}
}
}
}Option 2: Smithery
npx -y smithery mcp add hiroshi-c9/editionOption 3: REST API (Direct)
# Cross-domain search
curl -X POST https://api.edition.sh/api/v1/search \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"query": "How do I start a tech company in Tokyo?"}'
# Regulation check
curl -X POST https://api.edition.sh/api/v1/regulation/check \
-d '{"action": "open restaurant", "industry": "food_service"}'
# Business protocol
curl -X POST https://api.edition.sh/api/v1/protocol/check \
-d '{"query": "nemawashi consensus building"}'Memory API — Japanese-aware Persistent Memory
Store episodes, auto-extract structured facts with keigo analysis, social hierarchy detection, and confidence scoring.
Input: "佐藤部長にはワインをお持ちすれば喜ばれるかと存じます"
Output:
Subject: 佐藤 (役職: 部長)
Predicate: 好む
Object: ワイン
Keigo: Level 2 (尊敬語)
Hierarchy: superior
Confidence: 0.7 (推測 — not stated as fact)
Tense: presentThree-layer architecture:
Episodes — raw conversation logs
Facts — structured knowledge (subject→predicate→object triples)
Context — aggregated session summaries per entity/topic
MCP Capabilities
Category | Count | Details |
Tools | 43 | All with annotations ( |
Resources | 2 |
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Prompts | 2 |
|
API Endpoints
Memory
Method | Endpoint | Description |
POST |
| Store episode ( |
POST |
| Semantic search across episodes |
GET |
| List structured facts |
GET |
| Session context summary |
POST |
| Extract facts from text ( |
Regulation & Compliance
Method | Endpoint | Description |
POST |
| Check regulations (10 industries + tourist) |
GET |
| List all regulated industries |
GET |
| Tourist regulation categories |
Business Intelligence
Method | Endpoint | Description |
POST |
| Search business protocols |
GET |
| List all protocols |
POST |
| Search business calendar |
GET |
| List calendar categories |
POST |
| Search regional differences |
GET |
| List regional categories |
POST |
| Search organizational structures |
GET |
| List organization categories |
Market Entry
Method | Endpoint | Description |
POST |
| Foreign market entry guides |
GET |
| List entry categories (6 total) |
Lifestyle & Culture
Method | Endpoint | Description |
POST |
| Travel intelligence |
POST |
| Entertainment & pop culture |
POST |
| Daily life knowledge |
POST |
| Japanese language |
POST |
| Food culture |
POST |
| Disaster & safety |
POST |
| Healthcare system |
POST |
| Education system |
POST |
| Real estate |
POST |
| Tax system |
POST |
| Banking & finance |
POST |
| Visa & immigration |
Cross-Domain
Method | Endpoint | Description |
POST |
| Search all 20 domains simultaneously |
Data Quality
All knowledge entries include:
source_url— Link to authoritative source (government websites, official organizations)last_verified— Date of last verificationconfidence— Verification status (verified/estimated)version— Entry version with changelog
Sources include: 厚生労働省 (MHLW), 国税庁 (NTA), 法務省 (MOJ), 国土交通省 (MLIT), 経済産業省 (METI), 日本経団連 (Keidanren), JETRO, 入管庁 (ISA).
Tech Stack
Layer | Technology |
API | FastAPI (Python) |
Memory Store | SQLite + ChromaDB (vector search) |
MCP Server | TypeScript (MCP SDK v1.12+) |
LLM | Gemini / Claude / GPT (fact extraction) |
Hosting | Render (api.edition.sh) |
Agent Discovery
Protocol | Endpoint |
MCP (Streamable HTTP) |
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A2A Agent Card |
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MCP Server Card |
|
OpenAPI / Swagger |
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Agent Harness Compatible
EDITION is designed as a Tool Registry / Japan Knowledge Layer for agent harnesses. All 43 tools include MCP annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint), usage guidelines, and behavioral transparency metadata — enabling harness frameworks to auto-discover, evaluate, and integrate EDITION tools without manual configuration.
Freemium Access
Tier | Domains | Rate Limit | Price |
Free | 8 core domains | 100 req/day | Free |
Pro | All 20 domains (incl. tax, banking, healthcare, visa) | 10,000 req/day | ¥2,980/mo |
Enterprise | All domains + priority support | Unlimited | Contact |
Anonymous access defaults to Free tier. Register for an API key at POST /api/v1/auth/register.
Registries
Why Not Mem0 / Letta / Zep?
Those are excellent general-purpose memory tools. But they don't:
Parse Japanese keigo levels (丁寧語 / 尊敬語 / 謙譲語)
Detect implicit social hierarchy from honorific patterns
Score confidence based on Japanese speech patterns (断定 vs 推測 vs 伝聞)
Include a Japanese regulatory database with 20 knowledge domains
Japanese business context is structurally different. Agents need purpose-built infrastructure to navigate it.
License
MIT
Available Tools
31 toolscalendar_checkARead-onlyIdempotent
日本のビジネスカレンダー情報を検索します。祝日、決算期、贈答シーズン、行政締切、季節性ビジネスの5カテゴリ。
Inputs: query (required).
calendar_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本のビジネスカレンダーの全カテゴリ一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
daily_life_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の日常生活知識のトピック一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
daily_life_searchARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の日常生活に関する知識を検索します。住所・郵便システム、ゴミ分別ルール、公共料金(電気・ガス・水道・NHK)、医療・健康保険制度。外国人が日本で生活するために必要な実用知識。
Inputs: query (required).
disaster_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の災害・安全知識のトピック一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
disaster_searchARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の災害・安全に関する知識を検索します。地震(震度スケール・緊急地震速報・耐震基準)、台風・水害(警戒レベル・計画運休)、緊急連絡先(110/119/多言語対応)、防災準備(防災バッグ・ハザードマップ・避難所マナー)。
Inputs: query (required).
entertainment_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本のエンタメ知識のトピック一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
entertainment_searchARead-onlyIdempotent
日本のエンターテインメント・ポップカルチャーに関する知識を検索します。推し活(チケット取得・転売法)、アニメ聖地巡礼、ライブマナー(ペンライト・コール)、季節イベント(花見・花火・初詣)。
Inputs: query (required).
food_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の食文化知識のトピック一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
food_searchARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の食文化に関する知識を検索します。食事マナー(箸のタブー・乾杯・割り勘)、料理分類(懐石・定食・ラーメン・郷土料理)、飲食店ガイド(食券機・居酒屋・回転寿司・おまかせ)、アレルギー・食制限(ハラル・ベジタリアン対応)。
Inputs: query (required).
foreign_entry_checkBRead-onlyIdempotent
外国企業・外国人の日本進出に必要な基盤知識を検索します。法人設立、経営管理ビザ、銀行口座開設、物件探し、税務届出、従業員雇用(労働法・解雇規制・社会保険)の6カテゴリ。
Inputs: query (required).
foreign_entry_listARead-onlyIdempotent
外国企業・外国人の日本進出に関する知識カテゴリの一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
language_listBRead-onlyIdempotent
日本語知識のトピック一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
language_searchARead-onlyIdempotent
日本語の構造的知識を検索します。敬語体系(尊敬語・謙譲語・丁寧語)、助数詞(数え方)、名前・住所の構造パターン、ビジネス日本語(電話応対・クッション言葉・メールテンプレート)。
Inputs: query (required).
memory_contextARead-onlyIdempotent
現在のセッション状態(有効な事実・合意事項のサマリー)を取得します。エージェントのプロンプトに注入して文脈を維持するために使います。
Inputs: session_id.
memory_extractAIdempotent
テキストからファクト(主語→述語→目的語の三つ組)を自動抽出します。日本語の敬語・主語省略・社会的階層を分析して構造化します。store=trueにすると抽出結果をメモリに永続保存します(書き込み発生)。store=false(デフォルト)なら読み取り専用で、保存せずに抽出結果のみ返します。memory_storeとの違い: memory_storeはエピソード全体を保存、memory_extractはテキストからファクトのみを抽出。
Inputs: text (required), store, context_hint.
memory_factsARead-onlyIdempotent
現在有効なファクト(構造化された事実)の一覧を取得します。ファクトは「主語→述語→目的語」の三つ組で、確度と有効期限を持ちます。
Inputs: valid_only.
memory_recallARead-onlyIdempotent
過去の記憶をセマンティック検索で呼び出します。「前回の会議で○○部長が仰った件」のような曖昧な日本語クエリにも対応します。
Inputs: query (required), limit.
memory_storeA
会話やイベントのエピソードを永続記憶に保存します。日本語の文脈(敬語レベル、主語省略、暗黙の了解)も構造化して保持します。auto_extract=trueにすると、テキストからファクト(主語→述語→目的語の三つ組)を自動抽出します。
Inputs: content (required), role, session_id, auto_extract.
organization_checkARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の組織構造・商慣行を検索します。役職体系、系列、支払慣行、契約慣行、業界団体。
Inputs: query (required).
organization_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の組織構造・商慣行の全カテゴリ一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
protocol_checkARead-onlyIdempotent
日本のビジネスプロトコル(根回し、稟議、報連相、名刺交換、席順、贈答)を検索します。
Inputs: query (required).
protocol_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本のビジネスプロトコルの一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
regional_checkARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の地域別ビジネス情報を検索します。主要都市の特性、自治体の助成金・補助金、地域条例、商慣習の違い。
Inputs: query (required).
regional_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の地域別ビジネス情報の全カテゴリ一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
regulation_checkARead-onlyIdempotent
特定のビジネスアクションに必要な日本の規制・許認可情報を回答します。10業種の詳細データベース + 訪日旅行者向け規制に対応。
Inputs: action (required), industry, entity_type.
regulation_industriesARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の規制データベースに登録されている業種の一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
regulation_touristARead-onlyIdempotent
訪日旅行者向けの規制・マナー情報のカテゴリ一覧を取得します。ビザ、免税、交通、宿泊、医療、マナーの6カテゴリ。
Inputs: no named parameters.
searchARead-onlyIdempotent
EDITION全14ドメインを横断検索します。1回のリクエストで規制・プロトコル・カレンダー・地域・組織・進出手続き・旅行・エンタメ・日常生活・日本語・食文化・災害安全の全12ドメインを同時検索。
Inputs: query (required).
travel_listARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の旅行知識のトピック一覧を取得します。
Inputs: no named parameters.
travel_searchARead-onlyIdempotent
日本の旅行・観光に関する知識を検索します。交通(新幹線・ICカード・タクシー)、宿泊(旅館マナー・ホテル)、飲食(ラーメン地域差・箸マナー・チップ不要)、実用情報(SIM・ATM・緊急連絡先・マナー)。
Inputs: query (required).
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TDQS
Scored across 31 tools
Each tool targets a distinct domain or function, with clear boundaries between categories like calendar, disaster, food, and memory. Even the general search tool is explicitly for cross-domain queries, avoiding ambiguity with domain-specific searches.
Most tools follow a consistent domain_action pattern (e.g., calendar_check, daily_life_search). Memory tools use a different but internally consistent memory_ prefix, and the single 'search' tool stands out. Overall, the pattern is mostly predictable.
With 31 tools, the server is on the heavier side for a single platform. While the breadth of Japanese business and cultural knowledge justifies many tools, the count still feels slightly bloated, especially with many list/search pairs.
The tool surface covers a wide range of domains relevant to Japanese business and culture, including memory management. However, it lacks update or delete operations for any domain, limiting write functionality beyond memory storage.
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