🤵 What changed in the official facts

A changelog of verified official facts: UK tax and National Insurance thresholds, exam specifications, and official vehicle datasets (French RappelConso recalls, Japanese MLIT recalls and complaints), plus central-bank policy rates (Bank of England, Fed, ECB). Each entry records what changed (from → to), when it took effect, the official source, the date it was verified, and a maintainer note. Entries are generated by scripts from committed data files and annotated by the maintainer — never written from memory. Coverage starts 2026-08-31.

Also available as RSS, Atom, JSON at /api/changes?since=YYYY-MM-DD, or over MCP: the what_changed_since tool at POST /api/mcp takes a date (an agent's training cutoff) and returns the entries after it.

October 2026

jp-vehicle-costsKei car (inspected), 12-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01

Changed
11440 JPY → 12300 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-11-01
Official source
https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf
Maintainer note
Kei car (inspected), 12-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01: 11440 → 12300 JPY from 2026-11-01 (https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
cali/kei-12m-from-2026-11 · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsKei car (inspected), 24-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01

Changed
17540 JPY → 18660 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-11-01
Official source
https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf
Maintainer note
Kei car (inspected), 24-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01: 17540 → 18660 JPY from 2026-11-01 (https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
cali/kei-24m-from-2026-11 · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsKei car (inspected), 36-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01

Changed
23520 JPY → 24830 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-11-01
Official source
https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf
Maintainer note
Kei car (inspected), 36-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01: 23520 → 24830 JPY from 2026-11-01 (https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
cali/kei-36m-from-2026-11 · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsPrivate passenger car, 12-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01

Changed
11500 JPY → 12250 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-11-01
Official source
https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf
Maintainer note
Private passenger car, 12-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01: 11500 → 12250 JPY from 2026-11-01 (https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
cali/passenger-12m-from-2026-11 · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsPrivate passenger car, 24-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01

Changed
17650 JPY → 18560 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-11-01
Official source
https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf
Maintainer note
Private passenger car, 24-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01: 17650 → 18560 JPY from 2026-11-01 (https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
cali/passenger-24m-from-2026-11 · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsPrivate passenger car, 36-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01

Changed
23690 JPY → 24690 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-11-01
Official source
https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf
Maintainer note
Private passenger car, 36-month policy starting on or after 2026-11-01: 23690 → 24690 JPY from 2026-11-01 (https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_zidousya/siryou/20260430/01_153.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
cali/passenger-36m-from-2026-11 · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsContinuing inspection, vehicle presented (持込) at 軽自動車検査協会, kei car

Changed
2200 JPY → 2500 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-04-01
Official source
https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf
Maintainer note
Continuing inspection, vehicle presented (持込) at 軽自動車検査協会, kei car: 2200 → 2500 JPY from 2026-04-01 (https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
inspection-fee/kei-bring-in · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsContinuing inspection with a designated-garage certificate, counter filing, kei car

Changed
1800 JPY → 2100 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-04-01
Official source
https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf
Maintainer note
Continuing inspection with a designated-garage certificate, counter filing, kei car: 1800 → 2100 JPY from 2026-04-01 (https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
inspection-fee/kei-certificate-counter · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsContinuing inspection with a designated-garage certificate, online (OSS) filing, kei car

Changed
1600 JPY → 1850 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-04-01
Official source
https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf
Maintainer note
Continuing inspection with a designated-garage certificate, online (OSS) filing, kei car: 1600 → 1850 JPY from 2026-04-01 (https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
inspection-fee/kei-certificate-oss · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsContinuing inspection, vehicle presented (持込), small car (小型自動車, not two-wheelers)

Changed
2200 JPY → 2500 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-04-01
Official source
https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf
Maintainer note
Continuing inspection, vehicle presented (持込), small car (小型自動車, not two-wheelers): 2200 → 2500 JPY from 2026-04-01 (https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
inspection-fee/small-bring-in · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsContinuing inspection, vehicle presented (持込), standard-size car (普通自動車)

Changed
2300 JPY → 2600 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-04-01
Official source
https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf
Maintainer note
Continuing inspection, vehicle presented (持込), standard-size car (普通自動車): 2300 → 2600 JPY from 2026-04-01 (https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
inspection-fee/standard-bring-in · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsContinuing inspection with a designated-garage certificate (保安基準適合証), counter filing, standard or small car

Changed
1800 JPY → 2100 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-04-01
Official source
https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf
Maintainer note
Continuing inspection with a designated-garage certificate (保安基準適合証), counter filing, standard or small car: 1800 → 2100 JPY from 2026-04-01 (https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
inspection-fee/standard-small-certificate-counter · permalink

jp-vehicle-costsContinuing inspection with a designated-garage certificate, online (OSS) filing, standard or small car

Changed
1600 JPY → 1850 JPY
Context
Japan (national statutory amounts; car taxes at the standard rate)
Effective from
2026-04-01
Official source
https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf
Maintainer note
Continuing inspection with a designated-garage certificate, online (OSS) filing, standard or small car: 1600 → 1850 JPY from 2026-04-01 (https://www.naltec.go.jp/business/inspection/hbh5ss0000000ngo-att/gtg5d20000000cre.pdf)
Verified
2026-10-24
Key
inspection-fee/standard-small-certificate-oss · permalink

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