| name | estat-mcp |
| description | Search and retrieve Japanese government statistics (人口, GDP, CPI, 貿易, 雇用) from e-Stat API — Japan's official open data portal with 3,000+ statistical tables. Population, economy, trade, employment data. Free API. |
e-Stat: Japanese Government Statistics API
Search and fetch official statistics from e-Stat (政府統計の総合窓口), Japan's central portal for government open data. Covers population, GDP, CPI, trade, labor, and 3,000+ statistical tables from all ministries.
Use Cases
- Look up Japan's population by prefecture and year
- Compare CPI (消費者物価指数) trends over time
- Fetch GDP and national accounts data for economic analysis
- Retrieve trade statistics (輸出入) by commodity or country
- Access labor force survey data (完全失業率, 就業者数)
Commands
Search for statistics
estat-mcp search 人口
estat-mcp search "消費者物価指数" --limit 10
estat-mcp search GDP --format json
Fetch statistical data
estat-mcp data 0003410379
estat-mcp data 0003410379 --cd-area 13000 --cd-time 2024000
estat-mcp data 0003410379 --limit 50 --format json
Test connectivity
estat-mcp test
Filter Parameters
--cd-tab — Table item code (表章事項コード)--cd-time — Time code (時間軸事項コード). Example: 2024000 for 2024--cd-area — Area code (地域事項コード). Example: 13000 for Tokyo--cd-cat01 — Classification code 01 (分類事項01コード)
Common Statistics
Find table IDs via estat-mcp search:
| Topic | Search keyword | Examples |
|---|
| Population (人口) | 人口推計 | Total, by age, by prefecture |
| CPI (物価) | 消費者物価指数 | Monthly/annual price indices |
| GDP (国民経済計算) | 国民経済計算 | Nominal/real GDP, expenditure |
| Labor (労働) | 労働力調査 | Unemployment, employment |
| Trade (貿易) | 貿易統計 | Imports/exports by country |
Workflow
estat-mcp search <keyword> → find statistics table IDestat-mcp data <id> --format json → fetch data with filters- Analyze the JSON output
Setup
