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Violence in the news: 82 reports in the week to Oct 20, 2026 · ×0.6 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified

Protests in the news: 17 reports in the week to Oct 20, 2026 · ×1 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-09-30

  • Per million 90 d

    –

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    –

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    123.4 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 90

    near violence / total; 16 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Natural hazards, 7 days

    2

    –

  • Refugees who fled

    147

  • Confirmed outages, places, 24 h

    1

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Japan, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-09-30

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
–
2026-09
Share in food crisis
–
2026-09
Undernourishment
2.5%
2024
Refugees who fled
147
2025
Refugees hosted
65,097
2025
Internally displaced
–
2025
Sanctions designations
126
2026-10-21
GDP per person
$35,951
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-09-30

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Japan: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Tokyo

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Wed, Oct 2118…280.5 mm61 km/h
Thu, Oct 2216…230.0 mm32 km/h
Fri, Oct 2314…190.0 mm28 km/h
Sat, Oct 2416…1819.8 mm22 km/h
Sun, Oct 2516…211.2 mm17 km/h
Mon, Oct 2616…2015.6 mm21 km/h
Tue, Oct 2716…198.4 mm31 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets8

ItemPriceUSDYear
Rice / 5 KG2,430.5 JPY22.12+2%
Rice (glutinous, unmilled) / KG593.5 JPY5.40+3%
Potatoes / KG335.5 JPY3.050%
Wheat flour / KG257 JPY2.34+1%
Milk / L214.5 JPY1.96+4%
Sugar / KG189.5 JPY1.73-3%
Cabbage / KG153.5 JPY1.40-16%
Radish / KG149 JPY1.35-1%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2020-01); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 200032

082000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: Floods 1, Tropical cyclones 72020: Tropical cyclones 320202021: Tropical cyclones 12022: Tropical cyclones 3, Floods 12023: Tropical cyclones 32024: Tropical cyclones 4, Earthquakes 12025: Tropical cyclones 220252026: Tropical cyclones 4, Earthquakes 22026

Tropical cyclonesEarthquakesFloods

  • Tropical Cyclone CHAMPI-26 · Oct 14, 2026 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 296 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone SAUDEL-26 · Aug 18, 2026 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h)
  • Earthquake in Japan · Jul 28, 2026 · Magnitude 6.8M, Depth:10km
  • Tropical Cyclone DOLPHIN-26 · Jul 27, 2026 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 269 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone BAVI-26 · Jul 1, 2026 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 287 km/h)
  • Earthquake in Japan · Apr 20, 2026 · Magnitude 7.4M, Depth:35km
  • Tropical Cyclone FUNG-WONG-25 · Nov 4, 2025 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone CO-MAY-25 · Jul 23, 2025 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 130 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone KONG-REY-24 · Oct 25, 2024 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone BEBINCA-24 · Sep 10, 2024 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 139 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone AMPIL-24 · Aug 12, 2024 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone GAEMI-24 · Jul 19, 2024 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 231 km/h)
  • Earthquake in Japan · Jan 1, 2024 · Magnitude 7.5M, Depth:10km
  • Tropical Cyclone KOINU-23 · Sep 29, 2023 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone KHANUN-23 · Jul 27, 2023 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 222 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone MAWAR-23 · May 20, 2023 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 296 km/h)

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)