# Asia Intelligence Japanese Research — News & Market Intelligence

> Asia Intelligence Japanese Research — News & Market Intelligence is a paid API for AI agents from base-worker-01.j23726919.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns AI-curated Japanese news headlines and summaries for a given query or topic, with source, time, region, and category metadata.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://base-worker-01.j23726919.workers.dev/api/japanese-research
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/asia-intelligence-japanese-research-news-market-intelligence-4dfb9c55
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KgcNwncI-c9iQKdG82g5D

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability asia-intelligence-japanese-research-news-market-intelligence-4dfb9c55 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull me the latest Japanese news headlines and summaries about Toyota's EV strategy — focus on the Japan region.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need AI-curated Japanese-language or Japan-focused news intelligence with structured headline metadata, especially for market research, competitive analysis, or monitoring specific topics in the Japanese market. Prefer this over generic news APIs when you need Japan-specific sourcing and AI summaries rather than raw feeds.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or vague query returns zero or irrelevant headlines
- Region parameter misspelled or unsupported returns unexpected results
- Payment failure (402) if x402 USDC payment on Base is not properly configured
- Rate limiting or worker timeout for very broad queries
- Source unavailability causes low headline count or stale data

## How this service works

CN/JP market AI intelligence services via x402 USDC on Base. 8 endpoints.

## Output

A JSON object with a count of headlines and an array of headline objects, each containing title, source, publication time, region, summary, and optional category — all sourced from Japanese media and processed by AI.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Search query or topic"
  },
  "region": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Target region (optional)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "headlines",
  "count"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "count": {
   "type": "integer"
  },
  "headlines": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
     "title",
     "source",
     "time",
     "region",
     "summary"
    ],
    "properties": {
     "time": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "title": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "region": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "source": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "summary": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "category": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/asia-intelligence-japanese-research-news-market-intelligence-4dfb9c55/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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