# Japan Subsidy Search [Health: Active]

**Category:** 💻 Developer Tools  
**Repository:** https://github.com/easakura/japan-subsidy-search-mcp  
**GitHub Stars:** 0  
**Views:** 0  
**Installs:** 0  
**Upvotes:** 0  
**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/japan-subsidy-search

## Description
Search Japanese government subsidies (official jGrants data): deadlines, amounts, eligibility.

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **search_subsidies** — Search open subsidy programs by keyword and prefecture. Returns results sorted by application deadline with:
- **get_subsidy_detail** — Retrieve full details by subsidy ID: purpose, eligibility requirements, subsidy rate, application rounds with current deadlines, and contact information — converted from rich-text HTML into clean, LLM-ready plain text.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Heuristic fallback — verify the package name and runner against the repository README before running it. Uses `npx` (confidence: low):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "japan-subsidy-search": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","japan-subsidy-search"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

# Japan Subsidy Search MCP — 日本の補助金・助成金検索

**Give your AI agent real-time access to Japanese government subsidies and grants.**

This MCP server searches the official Japanese government subsidy database ([jGrants](https://www.jgrants-portal.go.jp/), operated by the Digital Agency) in real time. Perfect for AI agents serving SMEs, accountants, administrative scriveners (行政書士), and consultants working with the Japanese market.

## Why this server?

Japan runs thousands of subsidy programs — national, prefectural, and municipal — but the data is fragmented and Japanese-only. Foreign AI tools are effectively blind to it. This server makes the entire live database queryable by any MCP-compatible agent (Claude, ChatGPT, custom agents).

## Tools

### `search_subsidies`
Search open subsidy programs by keyword and prefecture. Returns results sorted by application deadline with:
- **Days until deadline** (computed automatically)
- Maximum grant amount (formatted, e.g. "5億円" / "3,500万円")
- Direct link to the official application page
- When a prefecture filter yields zero hits, automatically reports matching programs in other regions so your agent can offer alternatives

### `get_subsidy_detail`
Retrieve full details by subsidy ID: purpose, eligibility requirements, subsidy rate, application rounds with current deadlines, and contact information — converted from rich-text HTML into clean, LLM-ready plain text.

## Example queries your agent can now answer

- 「東京都の会社で使える省エネ補助金、締切が近い順に教えて」
- "Find manufacturing subsidies open for applications in Osaka with deadlines this quarter"
- 「創業支援の補助金で、従業員10人以下でも申請できるものは？」

## Data source & freshness

Official jGrants API (Digital Agency of Japan). Data is fetched live on every call — no stale caches. This server adds normalization, deadline computation, region merging, and LLM-friendly formatting on top of the raw government data.

## Pricing

Pay per tool call. One search or one detail retrieval = one event. No subscription, no minimum.

---

### 日本語

日本政府公式の補助金データベース（デジタル庁 jGrants）をAIエージェントからリアルタイム検索できるMCPサーバーです。締切までの残り日数計算、地域限定＋全国対象の自動マージ、AIが読みやすい整形済みテキストを提供します。士業・中小企業支援・コンサルティング向けAIに最適です。

## Get started

This is a hosted (remote) MCP server, available on Apify Store:

👉 **https://apify.com/e-asakura/japan-subsidy-search-mcp**

The store page includes setup instructions for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client. Pay-as-you-go: $0.02 per tool call, no subscription.

---
*Built by [Edward Asakura](https://apify.com/e-asakura) — Japanese data infrastructure for AI agents. Part of the SEKISHO series: [subsidies](https://apify.com/e-asakura/japan-subsidy-search-mcp) / [laws](https://apify.com/e-asakura/japan-law-search-mcp) / [parliament](https://apify.com/e-asakura/japan-parliament-search-mcp).*