japanlaw.org — Japanese law
Japanese statutes and the Ministry of Justice's English, cited to the item, every line sourced.
What it does
japanlaw.org — Japanese law is an MCP server, a connector that lets an AI assistant use it as a tool. It is hosted: an assistant connects to it over the internet, nothing to install.
No capability identified yet from its description.
Facts come from the Official MCP Registry, as declared by the publisher. Capabilities are matched automatically (low confidence). None of this is a test of the tool.
At a glance
How to connect
As declared in the Official MCP Registry · hosted endpoint tested by Electra Index 10h ago (live check)Hosted endpoint
https://japanlaw.org/mcpstreamable-http
In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http japanlaw-org-japanese-law https://japanlaw.org/mcp
MCP settings (Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP clients)
{
"mcpServers": {
"japanlaw-org-japanese-law": {
"url": "https://japanlaw.org/mcp"
}
}
}Live check
Electra Index connected to the hosted endpoint 10h agoONLINE japanlaw.org — Japanese law answered an MCP connection on 31 Oct 2026 and introduced itself as japanlaw 1.0.0 (MCP protocol 2025-06-18).
8 tools offered to AI assistants
search· Search the Japanese statutes japanlaw.org holds, in force today. A query with any Japanese in it searches the Japanese text (時間外労働, 有給休暇); one without searches the English shown for each provision, stemmed (overtime, paid leave). Results arfetch· Read what an id from search names. A provision's id (labor-standards-act/art-36) returns it as Markdown: the Japanese text with each paragraph's English under it, every English line marked as the Ministry of Justice's translation, the Minislist_laws· Every law japanlaw.org holds: Japanese and English title, short names, kind (法律 Act, 政令 Cabinet Order, 省令 Ministerial Order…), law number, the date the text held took effect, number of articles, the share of paragraphs with English, and URLget_law· One law: titles, number, kind, when the text in force took effect, the texts held (versions: in force, not yet in force, no longer in force, each with the days it stands), how much of it has the Ministry's English, and this site's plain desget_provision· One article, paragraph or item of a law, with everything under it. Call it with law and address: {"law": "labor-standards-act", "address": "art-36"}, or {"law": "労働基準法", "address": "第三十二条の三第一項"}. For each paragraph and item, the Japanese teget_citing_provisions· Every provision in the laws japanlaw.org holds that cites the given one — the other direction from what a statute says, which no official source publishes. Each with its law, designation, the words it cites with, an id for fetch and its urlget_definitions· The words a law defines for itself (定義語): inside that law, and only as far as each definition reaches, the word means what the statute says, not what it means in everyday speech or in another law. For each, the statute's own words (statuteJget_amendments· A law's amendments whose changes japanlaw.org holds: the amending Act (titles, law number), the day it takes effect, whether it is in force, not yet in force or since replaced (state), how many provisions it changes, adds and removes, and i
What "online" means: the server answered an MCP connection at the time of the check. It is not a guarantee of security, quality or continuous uptime. How we test: we open an MCP session and ask for the tool list, as an AI assistant would. We never run a tool and never send a key. Checked every few days. Method
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Facts & evidence
Each fact shows where it was seen and when.| Fact | Value | Evidence | Source | Last confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosted endpoint | https://japanlaw.org/mcp | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 11h ago |
| Local install (package) | no | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 11h ago |
| Remote access (hosted) | yes | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 11h ago |
| Website | https://japanlaw.org/en/agents | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 11h ago |
| Registry status | active | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 11h ago |
| Version | 1.0.0 | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 11h ago |
| MCP server | yes | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 11h ago |
Change history
- NEW31 Oct 2026first seen in the index
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Questions about japanlaw.org — Japanese law
How do I connect japanlaw.org — Japanese law?
Use the hosted endpoint https://japanlaw.org/mcp in your assistant's MCP settings. The exact settings are in "How to connect" above, as declared in the Official MCP Registry.
What tools does japanlaw.org — Japanese law offer?
When Electra Index connected on 31 Oct 2026, it listed 8 tools: search, fetch, list_laws, get_law, get_provision, get_citing_provisions, get_definitions, get_amendments. The full list is in "Live check" above.
Is japanlaw.org — Japanese law online?
Yes. Its hosted endpoint answered an MCP connection from Electra Index 10h ago.