EDINET DB MCP Server

Remote MCP server for Japan's EDINET DB — structured financial data for ~3,800 Japanese listed companies, served over HTTPS with OAuth 2.0 multi-tenant authentication.

• 🌐 Endpoint: https://edinetdb.jp/mcp
• 🔐 Auth: OAuth 2.0 (or API key)
• 👥 Users: 5,000+ authenticated developers, analysts, and academic researchers
• 📅 Production since: 2026-03-01
• 🇯🇵 First remote MCP service for Japanese listed-company filings (by author's research as of 2026-02 month-end)

What it does

EDINET DB exposes structured financial and corporate data extracted from Japan's regulatory filings (EDINET, by the Financial Services Agency) plus public open data (gBizINFO from METI, National Tax Agency corporate registry, Wikidata). Connect from Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, or any MCP-compatible client to query company financials, HR/diversity disclosures, supply chains, patents, executive profiles, and corporate history via natural language.

Quick start

Claude Desktop (Custom Connector)

1. Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Custom Connectors
2. Add Connector:
   • Name: EDINET DB
   • URL: https://edinetdb.jp/mcp
   • Auth: OAuth 2.0 (discovery: https://edinetdb.jp/mcp/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server)
3. Sign in with your edinetdb.jp account (free signup at https://edinetdb.jp/signup)

Claude Code

claude mcp add edinetdb https://edinetdb.jp/mcp --transport http

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edinetdb": {
      "url": "https://edinetdb.jp/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Codex CLI

codex mcp add edinetdb https://edinetdb.jp/mcp

Tools (25)

• get_company — Company profile + latest financials
• get_financials — Up to 6 years of historical financials
• get_analysis — AI-generated health score, peer comparison
• search_companies / search_companies_batch — Name/industry/financial-criteria search
• get_ranking — Industry rankings by metric (ROE, revenue, etc.)
• screen_companies — 106-metric screener
• get_text_blocks / get_text_blocks_structured — Full-text annual report sections + LLM-extracted structured data
• get_compensation_text — Executive compensation disclosures
• get_earnings / get_earnings_calendar — Quarterly earnings flash + JPX disclosure schedule
• get_detailed_expenses — SG&A breakdown (14 categories × 4 groups)
• get_cross_shareholdings — Policy shareholdings detail (263K records)
• get_directors / get_parent_company / get_related_party_transactions / get_main_customers — Corporate graph
• get_segments — Business segments
• get_company_history — Corporate history events (246K events, 4,526 companies)
• get_ir_documents — IR PDFs (integrated reports, mid-term plans, sustainability)
• get_watchlist / add_to_watchlist / remove_from_watchlist — Personal watchlist
• get_documentation — Inline help & methodology

Data sources

Source	Coverage	License
EDINET (FSA Japan)	Annual securities reports, quarterly reports, large shareholder reports	Public-sector open data
gBizINFO (METI)	Corporate basic attributes, patents, subsidies, government procurement	CC BY 4.0 compatible (政府標準利用規約 第2.0版)
Corporate Number Publication Site (NTA)	Corporate number, basic 3 fields	公共データ利用規約 第1.0版
Wikidata	Official website URLs	CC0
AI-generated content (corporate history narrative, etc.)	Always labeled, with source event IDs, timestamps, and disclaimers	—

We do not redistribute exchange-licensed data (real-time stock prices, TDnet). See https://edinetdb.jp/docs/data-sources for the full breakdown.

Pricing

Plan	Price (JPY/month)	API/MCP req/day
Free	¥0	100
Pro	¥4,980	1,000
Business	¥29,800	10,000
Enterprise	Contact	Custom
Academy	Free for accredited researchers	Custom

Details: https://edinetdb.jp/pricing

Position vs. similar projects

EDINET DB is the production-grade, OAuth-authenticated, multi-tenant SaaS remote MCP for Japanese financial filings. Other Japan-specific MCP servers (e.g., bug-tracker for individual contributors) are local stdio implementations requiring users to obtain their own API keys and run a local process. The 5,000+ authenticated user base reflects production usage since 2026-03-01.

Languages

• Japanese (primary), English (secondary, growing)
• Tools accept queries in both languages, response language follows MCP client Accept-Language

License & terms

• Data: see "Data sources" table above; each field carries a source attribute
• Service: per https://edinetdb.jp/terms
• Not an official endorsement of any governmental body

Links

• 🌐 Service: https://edinetdb.jp
• 📚 Docs: https://edinetdb.jp/docs/api
• 🔌 MCP guide: https://edinetdb.jp/docs/mcp-guide
• 📊 Data quality SLA: https://edinetdb.jp/docs/data-quality
• 🐛 Issues: https://github.com/edinetdb/edinet-db-mcp/issues
• ✉️ Contact: edinetdb@cabocia.jp

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