# Japan Region Multi-Agency Gauge (JMA + USGS + MoF + BIS + FRED)

> Japan Region Multi-Agency Gauge (JMA + USGS + MoF + BIS + FRED) is a paid API for AI agents from aeml-x402.zeabur.app, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns official Japan economic and geophysical readings in one call: JMA seismic intensity (shindo), RSMC Tokyo typhoon analysis, Ministry of Finance JGB yields across seven tenors, and Japan rows from BIS and FRED, plus a side-by-side USGS cross-check on earthquakes.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://aeml-x402.zeabur.app/gauge/japan-region
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/japan-region-multi-agency-gauge-jma-usgs-mof-bis-fred-4155e753
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LwJEUvTFNVCo63p5yLwbj

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-region-multi-agency-gauge-jma-usgs-mof-bis-fred-4155e753
```

Example prompt: Give me the latest official Japan data bundle — JMA shindo readings, RSMC Tokyo typhoon status, and the current JGB yield curve across all seven tenors, plus the side-by-side JMA vs USGS earthquake comparison.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need official, source-attributed Japan geophysical and financial data aggregated in a single call without writing custom scrapers for JMA, RSMC, MoF, BIS, and FRED separately. Especially valuable when you need the JMA vs USGS earthquake cross-check for independent agency verification. Not suitable for forecasts, advice, or non-Japan regions.

## Known failure modes

- 422 no_charge returned when no data is available for any leg — the call is not billed
- Stale data: provenance age_hours_now may indicate readings are hours old if source agencies have not published updates
- Missing legs: individual signal_ids may be absent if that agency has not published a recent reading
- Network or upstream agency outage may result in partial legs with missing signals

## How this service works

Japan official readings in one call plus an independent cross-agency check: JMA seismic intensity (shindo), RSMC Tokyo typhoon analysis, Ministry of Finance JGB yields across seven tenors, and the Japan rows of BIS and FRED. The same earthquakes appear as JMA measured them and as USGS measured them, side by side - different agencies, different quantities, and we adjudicate nothing. Descriptive only, never a forecast or advice. No data -> 422 no_charge, not billed.

## Output

A JSON object keyed by signal_id containing: per-entity latest readings for each signal (JMA shindo, typhoon, JGB yields, BIS Japan, FRED Japan); a cross_check block comparing the same earthquakes as measured by JMA and USGS with machine-readable comparability notes; provenance metadata (data_as_of, age_hours, freshness); a descriptive note on sourcing; and an entities_count. Returns HTTP 422 with no charge if no data is available.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "const": "json"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/japan-region-multi-agency-gauge-jma-usgs-mof-bis-fred-4155e753/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from aeml-x402.zeabur.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/aeml-x402.zeabur.app/llms.txt)