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Japan 2026

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Japan enters 2027 with record-low emissions, a shrinking and ageing population and one of the world’s most demanding hazard regimes. Greenhouse-gas emissions fell to 1,071 Mt CO₂e in FY2023, 23.3% below FY2013 and 27.1% lower once forest removals are counted, as renewables and nuclear together passed 30% of electricity.

Temuan
12
each with its status and source
Sectors with findings
4 of 6
Infrastructure not assessed
Risk objects
4
order carries no rank
Sumber
44
Evidence close 30 September 2026

01 · Readings

Japan in six readings.

Six readings that frame the Japan baseline, and the eight questions this edition answers, each with its status and source.

  • 123.8millionpopulation, October 2024 [15]
  • 29.3%aged 65 or over [15]
  • 1,071Mt CO₂eemissions, FY2023 [1]
  • 38%food self-sufficiency (calories) [16]
  • ≈15%energy self-sufficiency, FY2023 [5]
  • 47prefecturesin eight regions

02 · Sectors

Six sectors, one hexagon.

Water first, then Energy, Infrastructure, Food, Health and Biodiversity. Each count is the findings of this edition in that sector: coverage of the evidence, never a score. Infrastructure is not assessed: the edition holds no Infrastructure finding and its coupling matrix does not assess it.

  1. WATAir0 findings

    2019 Hagibis Share of rivers and supply exposed to typhoon and flood extremes, 2019. Dilaporkan

    Ample rainfall but steep, short rivers; flood and landslide risk high; ageing pipes and seismic exposure.

  2. ENEEnergi1 finding

    >30% Renewables and nuclear in electricity, FY2023. Dilaporkan

    Record-low emissions; >30% clean power; near-total fossil import dependence.

  3. INFInfrastrukturnot assessed

    Dense, ageing networks; strong seismic codes; remote regions fragile.

  4. FOOPangan1 finding

    38% Food self-sufficiency, calorie basis, FY2023. Dilaporkan

    38% calorie self-sufficiency; feed and fertiliser largely imported.

  5. HLTKesehatan2 findings

    97,600 people Heatstroke ambulance transports, May–September, 2024. Dilaporkan

    Long life expectancy; heat and ageing load care each summer.

  6. BIOKeanekaragaman hayati1 finding

    20.5% Land in protected areas, 2023. Dilaporkan

    High endemism; protected land about 20.5%, sea about 13.3%.

Outside the six sectors: Climate forcing 2, Finance 1, SEI 2, Systemic 1, Trade 1.

03 · Hazard exposure

The hazards this edition reads.

The edition’s own risk objects, in its order, each read across driver, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, cascade and horizon. The hexagon marks the sectors the cascade reaches; the domain beside each is an editorial reading of its hazard words.

  • RSK-JPN-SEI-001

    Nankai Trough or Tokyo-area great earthquake

    DilaporkanEQL 4

    Pendorong
    subduction-zone or inland megaquake with tsunami
    Eksposur
    Pacific coast industry, ports, cities
    Kerentanan
    older buildings; coastal plants; ageing population
    Kapasitas
    seismic codes; peringatan dini; evacuation
    Efek berantai
    SEI → INF, ENE, HLT, FIN, TRD
    Cakrawala
    30 years

    Bumi padat

  • RSK-JPN-CLI-002

    Heavy rain, typhoon and river flooding

    DilaporkanEQL 4

    Pendorong
    more intense rainfall and stronger typhoons
    Eksposur
    floodplains, steep catchments, cities
    Kerentanan
    older levees; landslide-prone slopes
    Kapasitas
    basin-wide flood control; warnings
    Efek berantai
    CLI → WAT → INF, HLT
    Cakrawala
    tahunan

    Atmosfer dan cuacaSistem air

  • RSK-JPN-HLT-003

    Heat and ageing overload of health and care

    DilaporkanEQL 4

    Pendorong
    longer, hotter summers
    Eksposur
    older adults living alone; outdoor workers
    Kerentanan
    limited cooling; workforce shortages
    Kapasitas
    heat alerts; cooling shelters
    Efek berantai
    CLI → HLT → ENE peak
    Cakrawala
    seasonal

    Atmosfer dan cuaca

  • RSK-JPN-ENE-004

    Fuel and LNG supply disruption

    InferredEQL 3

    Pendorong
    shipping disruption or price spike
    Eksposur
    power, industry, households
    Kerentanan
    near-total import dependence
    Kapasitas
    oil stockpiles; nuclear and renewables
    Efek berantai
    TRD → ENE → FOO, FIN
    Cakrawala
    1–5 years

    No domain reading

Scenario · SCN-JPN-EQL-01

Great earthquake in an ageing region

Under this scenario, results describe a conditional season under stated assumptions. It is not a forecast, and no intervention described here has been carried out.

3 of 12 findings name a hazard in their text. Show them

  1. 1SEI → INFroads and ports cut; communities isolated
  2. 2SEI → WATpipes break; supply out for weeks to months
  3. 3WAT → HLTcare homes and hospitals lose water and sanitation
  4. 4CLI → HLTwinter cold raises disaster-related deaths
  5. 5CLI → INFlater heavy rain reopens landslides
  6. 6HLT → populationolder residents relocate; recovery slows

04 · Couplings

How the sectors carry risk into each other.

The Japan matrix types the twenty couplings between the five core sistem. Strengths are Nexus estimates from the cited evidence and analogue events; they set the starting graph that the Q1 2027 Foundry cut will test.

Coupling matrix, from row to column
DariWATENEFOOHLTBIO
WAT·StrongStrongSedangStrong
ENESedang·StrongStrongSedang
FOOSedangWeak·StrongStrong
HLTWeakWeakSedang·Weak
BIOStrongSedangStrongSedang·

Water: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Energy: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Food: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Health: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Biodiversity: 4 couplings out, 4 in. Infrastructure is not in the coupling matrix: none of the edition matrices types it, so it carries no value.

Cascade paths, in the edition’s order

  1. SEI → WAT → HLTan Gempa bumi breaks pipes; care homes and hospitals lose water for weeksDilaporkan
  2. SEI → ENE → alla great Gempa bumi shuts coastal plants and refineriesDilaporkan
  3. CLI → WAT → INFheavy rain breaches levees and cuts transportDilaporkan
  4. CLI → HLTheat waves load ambulances and care settingsDilaporkan
  5. TRD → ENE → FOOfuel and fertiliser price shocks pass into food costsInferred

05 · Findings

Every finding of Japan.

Search, filter by sector, system or status, and sort. The address bar keeps the view, so a filtered list can be shared. Every row opens the finding at its source.

All 12 findings

Findings of Japan
IDEdisiSector or systemStatusStatement
CLI-001JepangCLI Climate forcing DilaporkanGreenhouse-gas emissions were 1,071 Mt CO₂e in FY2023: 4.0% below FY2022 and 23.3% below FY2013 (27.1% net of removals).
ENE-002JepangENE Energi DilaporkanRenewables and nuclear together supplied more than 30% of electricity in FY2023; Japan still imports almost all of its fossil fuel.
CLI-003JepangCLI Climate forcing Dilaporkan2024 was the warmest year on record in Japan; the long-term warming trend is about 1.4 °C per century.
SEI-004JepangSEI SEI DilaporkanThe 2025 revision of the Nankai Trough damage estimate gives up to about 298,000 deaths and ¥292 trillion in damage in the worst case.
SEI-005JepangSEI SEI DilaporkanThe January 2024 Noto Peninsula Gempa bumi cut water, roads and care across an ageing region for months.
FOO-006JepangFOO Pangan DilaporkanFood self-sufficiency was 38% on a calorie basis in FY2023, against a target of 45% by FY2030.
HLT-007JepangHLT Kesehatan DilaporkanAbout 97,600 people were taken to hospital by ambulance for heatstroke between May and September 2024.
HLT-008JepangHLT Kesehatan Dilaporkan29.3% of the population was aged 65 or over in 2024, and births fell to about 686,000.
BIO-009JepangBIO Keanekaragaman hayati DilaporkanProtected areas covered about 20.5% of land and 13.3% of the sea in 2023, against 30% by 2030.
FIN-010JepangFIN Keuangan DilaporkanAbout one in three households holds Gempa bumi insurance; public infrastructure losses are largely uninsured.
TRD-011JepangTRD Perdagangan InferredDependence on imported fuel, food and feed makes global price and shipping shocks a direct national risk.
SYS-012JepangSYS Sistemik Expert inputThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a large earthquake in an ageing region that cuts water, power, roads and care together.

06 · Editions and calendar

The desks’ editions for Japan.

The desks’ editions for Japan
MejaEdisiStatusPengenal
GCRI Systems EvidenceJapan 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-COUNTRY-JPN-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationPublic Deliberation: Japan 2026Dalam persiapan
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: Japan 2026Dalam persiapan
Standards ProgressNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Academy CapabilityNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Index MeasurementMeasurement: Japan 2026Dalam persiapan

Calendar · 2026 Baseline

  1. 01Call opensset by the editor
  2. 02Contribution closeset by the editor
  3. 03Penutupan bukti30 September 2026
  4. 04Desk review and releaseset by the editor
  5. 05Collection compilationset by the editor
  6. 06Collection releaseset by the editor
  7. 07Koreksiafter release, as needed

Evidence cut NQ-JPN-2026-Q0-1. Next cycles: Q1 2027, Q2 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027; their dates are set by the editor.

07 · Take part

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Versions and corrections
VersiTanggalStatusPerubahanPemberitahuan
NR-COUNTRY-JPN-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0October 2026DRAFTBaseline Edition 2026, inaugural annual edition,tidak ada
Data gaps3What the repository does not hold yet, and the source proposed for each
Data gaps and proposed sources
KesenjanganShown here asProposed source
Exposure values per hazard (people, assets, hectares)the edition’s own risk objects, without valuesthe Index country profile once the Index releases values, risksindex.com/jpn/
The NHS-1 hazard types and their assignment to this edition’s risk objectsan editorial reading of the hazard wordsthe NHS-1 type assignment through the Registry
Infrastructure in the coupling matrixInfrastructure marked not assessedan Infrastructure row and column in the edition matrix at the next cut
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