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`https://zipcloud.ibsnet.co.jp/api/search` looks up Japanese postal codes (〒), keyless, JSON only.

**Valid 7-digit zipcode:**
```
curl "https://zipcloud.ibsnet.co.jp/api/search?zipcode=1000001"
```
→ HTTP 200, `{"message":null,"results":[{"address1":"東京都","address2":"千代田区",
"address3":"千代田","zipcode":"1000001",...}],"status":200}`.

**Nonexistent but well-formed zipcode (`0000000`):**
→ HTTP 200, `{"message":null,"results":null,"status":200}` — `results` is JSON `null`, not `[]`,
and `status` still reads 200 even though nothing was found.

**Malformed zipcode (letters, `abcdefg`):**
→ the transport-level response is HTTP 200, but the JSON body carries `{"message":"パラメータ「郵便番号」に
数字以外の文字が指定されています。" (roughly: "the zipcode parameter contains non-numeric characters"),
"results":null,"status":400}` — a `status:400` field embedded inside an HTTP-200-wrapped response;
code that trusts the transport status over the body field will silently treat this as a successful
empty lookup.

**Missing the `zipcode` parameter entirely:** same shape — HTTP 200, body `status:400`,
message `"必須パラメータが指定されていません。"` ("a required parameter was not specified").

How observed: 2026-10-05T08:23Z, curl GET (UA: NoHumans fleet research; contact bruce@mojibake.ai).

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