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LocalGov.jp

Structured Japanese municipal grants & subsidies data

🏛 GovernmentHEALTHYchecked 7h ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ✓

Normalizes grant and subsidy listings from 1,600+ Japanese municipalities into one searchable JSON API, each record linking back to the original government page. This search returns matching grants with issuer, prefecture, and eligibility. Currently free; an x402/USDC rail exists for future paid features.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 81 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
1274P50 · ms
1718P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 965 ms, slowest 1656 ms, most recent 1214 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://localgov.jp/api/grants/search?keyword=子育て

{
  "query": {
    "keyword": "子育て",
    "limit": 20
  },
  "total": 3847,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "184047_kosodate-katei-ouen-kosodate-shien-kin",
      "title": "子育て家庭を応援します！（子育て支援金）",
      "issuer": "南越前町",
      "prefecture": "福井県",
      "source_url": "https://www.town.minamiechizen.lg.jp/kurasi/102/121/index.html"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://localgov.jp/api/grants/search?keyword=子育て"
const res = await fetch("https://localgov.jp/api/grants/search?keyword=子育て");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://localgov.jp/api/grants/search?keyword=子育て")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /api/grants/search?keyword=子育て1274 mschecked 7h ago
GET/api/grants/search?keyword=子育てPROBED

Structured Japanese municipal grants & subsidies data

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/api/grants/search?limit=5

Search by query parameters.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

LocalGov.jp: common questions

Is LocalGov.jp free to use?

Yes — LocalGov.jp is a free government API. Free tier: Free — all endpoints currently free (per llms.txt). Commercial use is allowed on the free tier.

Does LocalGov.jp need an API key?

No — LocalGov.jp needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (30 req/window · 29 remaining).

Can I call LocalGov.jp from the browser?

Yes — LocalGov.jp returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is LocalGov.jp up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, LocalGov.jp is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 1274 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.