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Estat Mcp

by @ajtgjmdjp

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....

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clawhub install estat-mcp

📖 About This Skill

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." metadata: {"openclaw":{"emoji":"📈","requires":{"bins":["estat-mcp"],"env":["ESTAT_APP_ID"]},"install":[{"id":"uv","kind":"uv","package":"estat-mcp","bins":["estat-mcp"],"label":"Install estat-mcp (uv)"}],"tags":["japan","statistics","government","open-data","mcp","estat","gdp","economy"]}}

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

    # Search by keyword (Japanese or English)
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

    # Basic data fetch
estat-mcp data 0003410379
    With filters (area=Tokyo, year=2024)
    
estat-mcp data 0003410379 --cd-area 13000 --cd-time 2024000
    JSON output for programmatic use
    
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

    1. estat-mcp search → find statistics table ID 2. estat-mcp data --format json → fetch data with filters 3. Analyze the JSON output

    Setup

  • Requires ESTAT_APP_ID environment variable
  • Free API key registration: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/api/api-info/use-api
  • Rate limited to 1 req/sec
  • Python package: pip install estat-mcp or uv tool install estat-mcp

    • ⚡ When to Use

    TriggerAction
    - 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)

    ⚙️ Configuration

  • Requires ESTAT_APP_ID environment variable
  • Free API key registration: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/api/api-info/use-api
  • Rate limited to 1 req/sec
  • Python package: pip install estat-mcp or uv tool install estat-mcp