Japan Utils MCP Server

MCP server exposing Japan-specific utilities to AI agents (Claude, Cursor, Cline, Continue, etc.). Hand your agent the small bag of JP-specific functions every Japan-related task needs but no generic LLM gets right…

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What is the Japan Utils MCP Server?

Japan Utils source profile. From the maintainer documentation: “MCP server exposing Japan-specific utilities to AI agents (Claude, Cursor, Cline, Continue, etc.). Hand your agent the small bag of JP-specific functions every Japan-related task needs but no generic LLM gets right reliably:”

Installation

The documented pypi package is japan-utils-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
era_to_western令和8年 / R8 / Reiwa 8 / 令和元年 → Gregorian year + era metadata
western_to_era2026 → era kanji (令和), English (Reiwa), year-of-era (8), formatted strings
kanji_to_romajiMixed Japanese text → Hepburn romaji + hiragana reading
lookup_postal_code7-digit JP postal code → prefecture / city / area, with kana readings
is_holidayDate string → is it a national holiday? + Japanese name + weekday
list_holidaysYear → all national holidays for that year
convert_kanahiragana ↔ katakana ↔ half-width katakana, any direction
normalize_widthFull-width ↔ half-width for ASCII, digits, kana (with per-category control)
split_japanese_nameJapanese full name → surname + given name (statistical model with confidence)

How to install the Japan Utils MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "japan-utils": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "japan-utils-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.