# Japan Consumption Tax Rate Lookup

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

Returns the applicable Japanese consumption tax rate for a given date

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.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-ec2ebaf5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_26d4wRXdJDEWjDz3R7oCH

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## 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-ec2ebaf5
```

Example prompt: What was Japan's consumption tax rate on April 1, 2019? I need to calculate the correct tax for an old invoice.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, clean Japanese consumption tax rate data for a specific date without scraping Japanese government websites. Ideal for payroll, invoicing, accounting, or compliance workflows where precise historical or current rate lookup is required.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid date format (not YYYY-MM-DD) returns a 400 error
- Future dates may return uncertain or projected rates
- Payment not received results in 402 Payment Required
- Date before consumption tax introduction may return null or error
- Network/server errors return 5xx

## How this service works

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## Output

A JSON object containing the applicable Japanese consumption tax rate (as a percentage or decimal) for the requested date, along with any relevant effective-date metadata. Optional verbose mode returns additional diagnostic fields.

## 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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