# JP Local Pack API — Social Insurance Standard Remuneration Lookup

> JP Local Pack API — Social Insurance Standard Remuneration Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from jp-local-pack-api.kasanegi123.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the Japanese health insurance and pension standard remuneration grade and bounds for a given monthly salary, based on MHLW/Kyokai Kenpo tables.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://jp-local-pack-api.kasanegi123.workers.dev/api/social-insurance/standard-remuneration
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/jp-local-pack-api-social-insurance-standard-remuneration-lookup-d15f2ee9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HU007ycnw54afRBKfH2I3

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 jp-local-pack-api-social-insurance-standard-remuneration-lookup-d15f2ee9
```

Example prompt: What is the Japanese social insurance standard remuneration grade — for both health insurance and pension — for an employee with a monthly salary of 300,000 yen in FY2026?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when automating Japanese payroll or HR workflows and you need to determine the official MHLW health insurance and/or pension standard remuneration grade for a given monthly salary, without needing an API key. Prefer this over manual table lookups or general-purpose LLM answers when you need authoritative, structured, machine-readable output for office automation pipelines.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided (HTTP 402): returns a shape preview with all numeric fields as 0 placeholders — real data requires X-PAYMENT header with USDC on Base
- Monthly salary out of range: floor or ceiling may be applied, indicated by _floor_applied or _ceiling_applied flags
- Invalid or missing monthly_salary parameter: may return error or unexpected grade
- Fiscal year mismatch: tables may not be available for years other than the current FY

## How this service works

Japan payroll / tax / social insurance / mynumber / corporate / invoice / holiday reference API for AI agents. x402 micropayments on Base. No API key.

## Output

A JSON object containing the fiscal year, and for both health insurance and pension: the grade number, standard remuneration amount, lower bound, and upper bound of the applicable salary bracket, sourced from MHLW/Kyokai Kenpo FY2026 tables. Also includes a disclaimer to consult a certified shakai-hoken-roumushi for legal compliance.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "fy": "2026",
  "_role": "shape_preview_echoes_query_for_paid_response",
  "pension": {
   "grade": 0,
   "lower_bound": 0,
   "upper_bound": 0,
   "standard_remuneration": 0
  },
  "disclaimer": "Reference values only. Consult a certified social insurance labor consultant (shakai-hoken-roumushi) for legal compliance.",
  "attribution": "<MHLW / Kyokai Kenpo FY2026 attribution>",
  "_sample_note": "Unpaid 402 shape preview echoes the requested monthly_salary; paid 200 returns the matching MHLW health/pension grade + standard_remuneration + bounds.",
  "_floor_applied": false,
  "monthly_salary": 300000,
  "_ceiling_applied": false,
  "health_insurance": {
   "grade": 0,
   "lower_bound": 0,
   "upper_bound": 0,
   "standard_remuneration": 0
  },
  "_shape_preview_note": "Numeric fields in this unpaid 402 shape preview are 0 placeholders. Real values require X-PAYMENT on production."
 },
 "mimeType": "application/json"
}
```

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