Risk events in Japan, August 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.
605 events were recorded: 8 earthquakes, 1 disaster alert, 494 conflict events, and 102 unrest events.
605 eventsSources: gdelt
605 events· Japan
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 8
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 494
- 4 in the list
- Unrest
- 102
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
605 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Uki, Japan
Severity 3 · Uki · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Matsumoto, Japan
Severity 4 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan
Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Kofu, Japan
Severity 2 · Kofu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Matsumoto, Japan
Severity 3 · Matsumoto · 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.