Torify — Japanese Locale APIs for AI Agents

{
  "name": "Torify \u2014 Japanese Locale APIs for AI Agents",
  "description": "Torify gives AI agents the Japanese locale primitives that standard libraries lack \u2014 imperial era date conversion (wareki), qualified invoice number validation with NTA registry lookup, corporate number lookup (\u6cd5\u4eba\u756a\u53f7), postal code resolution, name romanization (Hepburn), and kanji-to-kana conversion via Cloudflare Workers AI (Llama 3.3 70B). 42 endpoints total. No authentication required for MCP. Free trial: 100 REST API calls/month with email signup. Pay-per-call $0.02/call via x402 USDC on Base, or $19/mo Pro subscription.",
  "url": "https://torify.dev/a2a",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "protocolVersion": "0.3.0",
  "provider": {
    "organization": "Torify (operated by Hiroki Sonoda)",
    "url": "https://torify.dev"
  },
  "iconUrl": "https://torify.dev/icon.png",
  "documentationUrl": "https://torify.dev/openapi.json",
  "capabilities": {
    "streaming": false,
    "pushNotifications": false,
    "stateTransitionHistory": false,
    "extensions": [
      {
        "uri": "https://github.com/google-a2a/a2a-x402/v0.1",
        "description": "Supports x402 protocol payments in USDC on Base L2",
        "required": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "defaultInputModes": [
    "application/json"
  ],
  "defaultOutputModes": [
    "application/json"
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": "wareki-convert",
      "name": "Japanese Era Conversion",
      "description": "Convert between Japanese era dates (wareki: \u4ee4\u548c/\u5e73\u6210/\u662d\u548c/\u5927\u6b63/\u660e\u6cbb) and Gregorian calendar. Handles era boundary dates correctly and validates leap years.",
      "tags": [
        "japanese",
        "calendar",
        "date",
        "wareki",
        "era"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Convert \u4ee4\u548c5\u5e743\u670815\u65e5 to Gregorian",
        "What is 2023-03-15 in Japanese era?",
        "\u5e73\u621031\u5e744\u670830\u65e5\u3092\u897f\u66a6\u306b\u5909\u63db\u3057\u3066"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "invoice-validate",
      "name": "Invoice Number Format Validation",
      "description": "Validate the format of a Japanese qualified invoice issuer registration number (T + 13 digits). Checks prefix, length, character set, and check digit algorithm. Does not confirm registration with NTA.",
      "tags": [
        "japanese",
        "invoice",
        "tax",
        "validation",
        "\u30a4\u30f3\u30dc\u30a4\u30b9"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Is T7000012050002 a valid invoice number format?",
        "Validate invoice number T1234567890123"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "invoice-verify",
      "name": "Invoice Number Existence Verification",
      "description": "Verify whether a Japanese invoice registration number is actually registered in the NTA (National Tax Agency) database. Returns registrant name, address, and registration date. Requires INVOICE_APP_ID.",
      "tags": [
        "japanese",
        "invoice",
        "tax",
        "nta",
        "qualified-invoicer",
        "\u30a4\u30f3\u30dc\u30a4\u30b9",
        "\u9069\u683c\u8acb\u6c42\u66f8"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Is T7000012050002 a registered invoice issuer?",
        "\u767b\u9332\u756a\u53f7T7000012050002\u306e\u4e8b\u696d\u8005\u540d\u3092\u8abf\u3079\u3066"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "houjin-lookup",
      "name": "Japanese Corporate Number Lookup",
      "description": "Look up Japanese company information by corporate number (\u6cd5\u4eba\u756a\u53f7, 13 digits) using the NTA Corporate Number API. Returns company name, address, furigana, English name, status, and kind.",
      "tags": [
        "japanese",
        "company",
        "corporate",
        "houjin",
        "nta",
        "\u6cd5\u4eba\u756a\u53f7"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Look up corporate number 7000012050002",
        "\u6cd5\u4eba\u756a\u53f77000012050002\u306e\u4f1a\u793e\u540d\u306f\uff1f",
        "Get company info for 7000012050002"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "postal-lookup",
      "name": "Japanese Postal Code Lookup",
      "description": "Look up Japanese address from a 7-digit postal code. Returns prefecture, city, town, and their kana readings. Use ?all=true to get all addresses when a postal code maps to multiple towns.",
      "tags": [
        "japanese",
        "address",
        "postal",
        "zip",
        "\u90f5\u4fbf\u756a\u53f7",
        "\u4f4f\u6240"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What is the address for postal code 1000001?",
        "\u90f5\u4fbf\u756a\u53f7100-0001\u306e\u4f4f\u6240\u306f\uff1f",
        "Look up zip code 1500001"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "name-romanize",
      "name": "Japanese Name Romanization",
      "description": "Convert Japanese names written in kana (hiragana or katakana) to modified Hepburn romanization (passport-standard). Handles special cases: \u3063\u2192double consonant, \u3093\u2192n/m, long vowels. Supports family-first or given-first order.",
      "tags": [
        "japanese",
        "name",
        "romanization",
        "hepburn",
        "passport",
        "\u30ed\u30fc\u30de\u5b57"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Romanize \u3059\u305a\u304d \u3044\u3061\u308d\u3046",
        "Convert \u30ab\u30bf\u30ab\u30ca name \u30e4\u30de\u30c0 \u30bf\u30ed\u30a6 to romaji",
        "Japanese passport romanization for \u3068\u3046\u304d\u3087\u3046"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kanji-to-kana",
      "name": "Kanji to Kana Conversion",
      "description": "Convert Japanese text containing kanji to hiragana or katakana readings using Cloudflare Workers AI (Llama 3.3 70B). Useful for pronunciation guides and text normalization.",
      "tags": [
        "japanese",
        "kanji",
        "kana",
        "hiragana",
        "katakana",
        "furigana",
        "nlp",
        "\u6f22\u5b57",
        "\u3075\u308a\u304c\u306a"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Convert \u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u5343\u4ee3\u7530\u533a to hiragana",
        "\u6f22\u5b57\u3092\u3072\u3089\u304c\u306a\u306b\u5909\u63db\u3057\u3066: \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u51e6\u7406",
        "Get katakana reading of \u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "trial-signup",
      "name": "Free Trial Signup",
      "description": "Sign up for a free trial to get 100 REST API calls/month. Returns an X-Trial-Key for use in subsequent API requests.",
      "tags": [
        "trial",
        "free",
        "signup",
        "api-key"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "How do I sign up for the free trial?",
        "Get a trial API key for Torify",
        "Start using Torify REST API for free"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tax-calculate",
      "name": "Japanese Consumption Tax Calculator",
      "description": "Calculate Japanese consumption tax (10% standard, 8% reduced for food/beverages). Use when building Japan-market checkout or invoice processing.",
      "tags": [
        "tax",
        "consumption-tax",
        "japan"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Calculate 10% tax on \u00a51000",
        "\u8efd\u6e1b\u7a0e\u73878%\u30671000\u5186\u306e\u6d88\u8cbb\u7a0e\u3092\u8a08\u7b97\u3057\u3066",
        "What is the consumption tax for \u00a55000 including beverage purchase?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "holiday-check",
      "name": "Japanese Public Holiday Check",
      "description": "Check if a date is a Japanese public holiday, get annual list, or determine next business day. Use when scheduling meetings, calculating business days, payment deadlines.",
      "tags": [
        "holiday",
        "calendar",
        "business-day"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Is 2026-05-05 a holiday in Japan?",
        "2026\u5e74\u306e\u795d\u65e5\u4e00\u89a7\u3092\u53d6\u5f97",
        "Get next business day after May 3rd, 2026"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bank-lookup",
      "name": "Japanese Bank/Branch Lookup (Zengin)",
      "description": "Look up Japanese bank by 4-digit code or branch by 7-digit code. Returns English name + kana. Use when validating bank transfer destinations or Japanese payroll onboarding.",
      "tags": [
        "bank",
        "zengin",
        "payroll"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Lookup bank code 0001",
        "\u307f\u305a\u307b\u9280\u884c \u6771\u4eac\u4e2d\u592e\u652f\u5e97\u306e\u82f1\u8a9e\u540d\u306f\uff1f",
        "Validate full Zengin transfer format"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "address-normalize",
      "name": "Japanese Address Normalization",
      "description": "Normalize free-form Japanese addresses into prefecture/city/town components with English romanization. Use when building shipping forms or CRM data entry.",
      "tags": [
        "address",
        "normalize",
        "shipping"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u6e2f\u533a\u516d\u672c\u67281-1-1 \u3092\u6b63\u898f\u5316",
        "Get English version of a Japanese address",
        "Extract prefecture from full address"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "coordinate-convert",
      "name": "Japan Geodetic Coordinate Conversion (WGS84 \u2194 JGD2011)",
      "description": "Convert latitude/longitude between WGS84 (international) and JGD2011 (Japan domestic). Use when integrating Japanese government maps with international GPS data.",
      "tags": [
        "geo",
        "coordinate",
        "jgd2011"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Convert WGS84 (35.6586, 139.7454) to JGD2011",
        "Reverse: JGD2011 \u2192 WGS84",
        "Compare WGS84 vs JGD2011 differences"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "age-calculate",
      "name": "Japanese Age & School Year Calculation",
      "description": "Calculate age, Japanese school year (\u5b66\u5e74), and era-age from birth date with April 1 cutoff rule. Use when filtering by Japanese school grade or determining adult/minor status.",
      "tags": [
        "age",
        "school-year",
        "wareki"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Birthday 2010-04-02 \u2192 2026\u5e744\u6708\u306e\u5b66\u5e74\u306f\uff1f",
        "Get age and \u5b66\u5e74 for someone born 2008-04-01",
        "Determine if person born 2010-03-31 starts elementary school in 2016"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kana-convert",
      "name": "Hiragana \u2194 Katakana \u2194 Half-width Conversion",
      "description": "Convert between hiragana, full-width katakana, and half-width katakana (\uff8a\uff9d\uff76\uff78). Use when normalizing user input or processing Japanese government forms requiring half-width katakana.",
      "tags": [
        "kana",
        "normalize",
        "japanese-text"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Convert \u3042\u3044\u3046\u3048\u304a to katakana",
        "Half-width katakana \u2192 full-width",
        "Normalize mixed kana input"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "application/json"
      ]
    }
  ]
}