Current risks in Japan

This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.

93 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.

93 eventsSources: gdelt

93 events· JapanFire activity within the 30-day mean

Unrest

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 10 events plottedDemonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan · Japan · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan · Japan · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Sendai, Japan · Japan · 19 Aug 2026Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan · Japan · 19 Aug 2026Riot in Kitami, Japan · Japan · 19 Aug 2026Demonstration in Akashi, Japan · Japan · 19 Aug 2026Strike in Yatsushiro, Japan · Japan · 19 Aug 2026Demonstration in Naka, Japan · Japan · 19 Aug 2026Demonstration in Matsumoto, Japan · Japan · 19 Aug 2026Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan · Japan · 18 Aug 2026

Totals for Japan, last 30 days

Earthquake
5
0 in the list
Disaster
1
0 in the list
Conflict
437
0 in the list
Unrest
92
93 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Signal

How the picture is developing in Japan

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type in Japan

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 7.7
5
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0.3
1
Conflict
90-day baseline: 564
437
Unrest
90-day baseline: 81.7
92
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day in Japan

Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-0500356064
2026-08-0610349066
2026-08-0700281064
2026-08-0800191055
2026-08-091025508
2026-08-1000264097
2026-08-1101225032
2026-08-1200351023
2026-08-13002613027
2026-08-1400376051
2026-08-1500188032
2026-08-1600197042
2026-08-1710246040
2026-08-18002711065
2026-08-1900307092
2026-08-2000322031
2026-08-210000060
2026-08-221000046
2026-08-231000078
2026-08-240000069
2026-08-250000064
2026-08-260000019
2026-08-270000013
2026-08-28000005
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-300000027
2026-08-310000022
2026-09-010000029
2026-09-02000007
2026-09-03000000

Events

What is happening in Japan

93 events · newest first

  1. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  2. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  3. Unrest

    Demonstration in Sendai, Japan

    Severity 3 · Sendai · Source: gdelt

  4. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  5. Unrest

    Riot in Kitami, Japan

    Severity 4 · Kitami · Source: gdelt

  6. Unrest

    Demonstration in Akashi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Akashi · Source: gdelt

  7. Unrest

    Strike in Yatsushiro, Japan

    Severity 3 · Yatsushiro · Source: gdelt

  8. Unrest

    Demonstration in Naka, Japan

    Severity 3 · Naka · Source: gdelt

  9. Unrest

    Demonstration in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  10. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

Reference

What these risk types mean

Earthquake
Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
Disaster
Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
Conflict
Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
Unrest
Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
Advisory
Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.

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