# Japan Food Allergy & Child Health Facts, With Official Sources (`kotaro-project/japan-food-allergy-facts`) Actor

156 facts about children's food allergy and everyday health in Japan, in English with the Japanese original: outgrowing allergies, egg, milk and wheat under heat, allergen labels, nursery and school forms, medicine storage, pollen. Every fact lists its sources, graded by source type.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kotaro-project/japan-food-allergy-facts.md
- **Developed by:** [KOTARO project](https://apify.com/kotaro-project) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / all 156 facts

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# README

## Japan Food Allergy & Child Health Facts — English, With Official Sources

**156 facts about children's food allergy and everyday health in Japan**, in English with the Japanese original next to each one. Compiled by the MediNote project from Japanese government and academic sources, and graded by source so you can see what each fact rests on.

- Growing out of an allergy, oral food challenges, and why "eating a little at home" is not a standard treatment
- Egg, milk and wheat under heat — what changes and what does not
- **Japan's allergen labelling rules**: the 8 mandatory and 20 recommended items, "may contain" wording, food sold without a label, and how to check recalls
- Nursery and school: the allergy management form, accident reporting and free official guidelines
- At home: mite-proof bedding, egg and wheat in shampoo and cosmetics
- Medicine: storing an adrenaline auto-injector, missed doses, what to carry
- Seasons and regions: pollen in Hokkaido and Okinawa, exercise in winter, and how labelling differs outside Japan

Built for parenting and health apps, AI assistants, travel and relocation services, and researchers who need Japan-specific facts in English.

### Every fact shows its sources

Each record lists its sources, each tagged by type: `government`, `academic` (societies, guidelines, journals, medical associations), `derived` (arranged from those), `clinic`, `company`, `media` or `unverified`.

- `"evidence": "official sources only"` — 59 facts
- `"evidence": "official and other sources"` — 97 facts

Sources are listed for the paragraph each fact comes from, so with "official and other sources" a single sentence may rest on any of them. Facts with no official source at all, firm claims or how-to advice not backed by an official source, and the author's personal opinions are **not included**.

### Two ways to get it

| Mode | What you get |
|---|---|
| `all` | All 156 facts in 9 categories |
| `category` | One category: `care`, `eating`, `labels`, `school`, `home`, `myths`, `carry`, `seasons` or `region` |

### Input examples

All facts:

```json
{ "mode": "all" }
```

Japan's food labelling rules, English only:

```json
{ "mode": "category", "category": "labels", "includeJapanese": false }
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "id": "mn-0001",
  "category": "care",
  "categoryTitle": "Getting better and seeing a doctor",
  "topic": "Many children grow out of a food allergy",
  "text": "Reports say about 30% of children with hen's egg allergy can eat egg by age 3, and about 70% by age 6.",
  "evidence": "official sources only",
  "sources": [
    { "name": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) — rheumatism and allergy information", "nameJa": "厚生労働省 リウマチ・アレルギー情報", "type": "government" },
    { "name": "Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JSPACI) — Food Allergy Guideline 2016, digest, ch. 3", "nameJa": "日本小児アレルギー学会 食物アレルギー診療ガイドライン2016 ダイジェスト版 第3章", "type": "academic" }
  ],
  "topicJa": "1. 年齢とともに食べられるようになる子は、少なくない",
  "textJa": "鶏卵は3歳で30%、6歳で70%が耐性を獲得すると報告されています。",
  "disclaimer": "Information only, compiled from published Japanese sources. Not medical advice: it does not diagnose, treat or replace a doctor. Decisions about food, tests and medicine belong to the child's doctor. In an emergency in Japan, call 119."
}
```

### Pricing

| Mode | Price |
|---|---|
| All 156 facts | $2.99 per run |
| One category | $0.49 per run |

If the input cannot be answered (for example an unknown category), the run returns one record with `"error"` and nothing is charged.

### Important

- **Not medical advice.** These are published facts gathered for families, not a diagnosis or treatment plan. Every record carries this disclaimer. Decisions about food, tests and medicine belong to the child's doctor.
- Quotations from guidelines are given as quotations. Figures are as published; check the source for the latest version.
- Translated into English by KOTARO Data Works from the MediNote project (medinote.neuro-hive.jp).

### Keywords

Japan food allergy, food allergy data, allergen labelling Japan, child health, allergy prevention, health promotion, everyday health tips, child development, parenting data, Japan health information, pediatric allergy, Japanese food labels

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

'All facts' returns all 156 facts. 'One category' returns only the category chosen below.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Used only when 'What to get' is 'One category'.

## `includeJapanese` (type: `boolean`):

Add the original Japanese text and source names next to the English.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "all",
  "includeJapanese": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kotaro-project/japan-food-allergy-facts").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kotaro-project/japan-food-allergy-facts").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call kotaro-project/japan-food-allergy-facts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kotaro-project/japan-food-allergy-facts"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/eVMHeECFPqtbnfciX/builds/UJ5WjkVQC8QIsHPRE/openapi.json