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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 · usgs

605 events· Japan

ConflictUnrestEarthquake

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Earthquake
8
1 in the list
Disaster
1
0 in the list
Conflict
494
32 in the list
Unrest
102
17 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

605 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 Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  4. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  5. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  6. Unrest

    Demonstration in Sendai, Japan

    Severity 3 · Sendai · Source: gdelt

  7. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  8. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  9. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kitami, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kitami · Source: gdelt

  10. Unrest

    Riot in Nakatsugawa, Japan

    Severity 4 · Nakatsugawa · Source: gdelt

  11. Unrest

    Demonstration in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  12. Earthquake

    M4.6 — 3 km NNE of Takatsuki, Japan

    M4.6 · Ibaraki · Source: usgs

  13. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  14. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  15. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  16. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  17. Conflict

    Military posture change in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 2 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  18. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  19. Conflict

    Military posture change in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 2 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  20. Conflict

    Military force used in Kure, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kure · Source: gdelt

  21. Conflict

    Military posture change in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 2 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  22. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  23. Conflict

    Military posture change in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 2 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  24. Conflict

    Military posture change in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 2 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  25. Conflict

    Military force used in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  26. Conflict

    Assault in Tomakomai, Japan

    Severity 2 · Tomakomai · Source: gdelt

  27. Conflict

    Military posture change in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 2 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  28. Conflict

    Military posture change in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 2 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  29. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  30. Conflict

    Military posture change in Ginowan, Japan

    Severity 2 · Ginowan · Source: gdelt

  31. Conflict

    Assault in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 2 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  32. Conflict

    Military posture change in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 2 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  33. Conflict

    Military force used in Otsu, Japan

    Severity 3 · Otsu · Source: gdelt

  34. Conflict

    Military force used in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  35. Conflict

    Military force used in Otaru, Japan

    Severity 3 · Otaru · Source: gdelt

  36. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  37. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kitami, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kitami · Source: gdelt

  38. Unrest

    Demonstration in Mutsu, Japan

    Severity 3 · Mutsu · Source: gdelt

  39. Unrest

    Demonstration in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  40. Unrest

    Demonstration in Naka, Japan

    Severity 3 · Naka · Source: gdelt

  41. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kawaguchi, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kawaguchi · Source: gdelt

  42. Unrest

    Demonstration in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  43. Conflict

    Military force used in Kitami, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kitami · Source: gdelt

  44. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  45. Conflict

    Military force used in Naka, Japan

    Severity 3 · Naka · Source: gdelt

  46. Conflict

    Military force used in Kure, Japan

    Severity 3 · Kure · Source: gdelt

  47. Conflict

    Military force used in Sendai, Japan

    Severity 3 · Sendai · Source: gdelt

  48. Conflict

    Military force used in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 3 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  49. Conflict

    Military posture change in Matsumoto, Japan

    Severity 2 · Matsumoto · Source: gdelt

  50. Conflict

    Military force used 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.