# Ask Japan

> Japanese company, invoice and postcode data, plus real people who do tasks in Japan.

- name: com.senpinai/ask-japan
- version: 1.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 89/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.senpinai%2Fask-japan
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.senpinai%2Fask-japan/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-japan": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://askjapan.senpinai.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-1d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 89/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-06-18; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 14 of 14 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,322 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`, `stability.new_links`: tool history recorded for 0 of the 7 days needed

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 14, about 2,322 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 955875808c9f8d1f15c1949bef710149
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.senpinai/ask-japan.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.senpinai/ask-japan)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://askjapan.senpinai.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (14)

- `check_availability`: Check whether a new request can be taken now. Remote work (calls, online reservations) has a daily limit; on-the-ground work takes one job at a time. Returns open or full and when it reopens.
- `check_invoice`: Check whether a Japanese corporation is a registered Qualified Invoice Issuer (needed for consumption-tax credit). Accepts T + 13 digits or the 13-digit corporate number.
- `check_open`: Check whether a MARU Order restaurant is taking takeout orders now, its hours and whether it accepts JPYC with a discount.
- `get_company_profile`: One profile for a Japanese corporation from its 13-digit corporate number: registered name and address, invoice (tax) registration status, and listing, industry and capital if it files with EDINET.
- `get_menu`: Get a MARU Order restaurant's menu: categories, items with tax-included JPY prices, options (size, toppings), allergens and sold-out flags. Use list shop slugs from the maru://order/shops resource.
- `get_request_status`: Get the status of a request: received, quoted (price and how to pay), paid, in_progress, done (with result), cancelled or refunded.
- `list_services`: List the services MARU Japan Hands provides in Japan (Japanese phone calls, restaurant and golf reservations, shopping proxy, on-site checks, interpreting, Osaka stays, home search and property viewings, app development), with prices in JPY, limits and what is not offered.
- `lookup_postcode`: Get the address for a 7-digit Japanese postcode, including large offices that have their own postcode.
- `place_takeout_order`: Place a takeout order. Returns an order number and a link. The customer pays at pickup at the counter, or opens the link to pay with JPYC (discounted). This tool never charges or moves money.
- `quote_purchase`: Instant cost estimate to buy an item sold in Japan and ship it: item price (from the shop page the user or agent found), our fee (10%, minimum JPY 2,000) and shipping estimated from Japan Post's official EMS table. Read-only: it does not order or charge anything.
- `request_service`: Send a request for a service in Japan. Fixed-price services (phone_call JPY 1,500, restaurant_booking JPY 3,000, interpreting JPY 5,000 per 30 min) return the quote and payment details immediately. Other services get a fixed quote from a person within 2 hours (JST 09:00-21:00); requests sent outside hours are handled from 09:00. No email is needed: follow up with get_request_status. Creating a request is free and does not move any money. Full refund if we cannot do the task or you cancel before work starts.
- `search_address`: Find postcodes by part of a Japanese address or an office name, e.g. 大阪市北区梅田.
- `search_company`: Search all ~5.8 million corporations registered in Japan by name (Japanese, partial match). Returns corporate number, address, type and whether it is closed. Use the corporate number with get_company_profile.
- `search_listed_companies`: Filter companies that file securities reports in Japan (EDINET) by industry (Japanese name, e.g. 不動産業, 輸送用機器) and minimum capital. Returns securities code and capital.