Risk events in Japan, April 2026
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.
755 events were recorded: 5 earthquakes, 659 conflict events, and 91 unrest events.
755 eventsSources: gdelt · usgs
755 events· Japan
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 5
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 659
- 3 in the list
- Unrest
- 91
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
755 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Matsumoto, Japan
Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Osaka, Japan
Severity 2 · Osaka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Morioka, Japan
Severity 3 · Morioka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kitami, Japan
Severity 3 · Kitami · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.9 — 1 km WSW of Iwai, Japan
M4.9 · Noda · Source: usgs
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.