# Japan Consumption Tax Rate Lookup

> Japan Consumption Tax Rate Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from kasanegi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the Japanese consumption tax rate applicable on a given date

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://kasanegi.com/v1/local/tax/consumption/rate
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/japan-consumption-tax-rate-lookup-080bcb57
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Ozf9BcrQexeTwD93zqZEL

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 japan-consumption-tax-rate-lookup-080bcb57
```

Example prompt: What was Japan's consumption tax rate on April 1, 2019 — I need the exact percentage for an old invoice I'm reconciling?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the authoritative Japanese consumption tax rate for a specific historical or current date without scraping Japanese government websites. Ideal for accounting, payroll, invoicing, or financial reconciliation workflows that involve Japan. Prefer this over manual scraping or static lookup tables when the date matters (e.g., near the 2019 rate change from 8% to 10%).

## Known failure modes

- Invalid date format returns a 400 error
- Date before consumption tax introduction may return no data or an error
- Network/payment failure via x402 returns 402 Payment Required
- Future dates may return the currently known rate with a caveat or an error

## How this service works

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## Output

A JSON object containing the Japanese consumption tax rate (standard and/or reduced rates) applicable on the queried date, along with the effective date of that rate. If verbose=true, additional diagnostic fields describing the data source or rate history context are included.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "date": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
       "description": "ISO-8601 date YYYY-MM-DD. Default current date."
      },
      "verbose": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false,
       "description": "Include diagnostic fields. Default false."
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "mimeType": "application/json"
}
```

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