Is Japan safe in 2026?
Japan scores 89.6/100 on the live safety index — very safe. The main pressure on the score comes from natural disasters, economy, military conflict. The score has been stable for 7 days. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 90.0/100).
89.6 /100very safe
30-day trend
Japan's score changed by +0.1 over the last 22 days (89.6 → 89.6) — within normal day-to-day noise. No single event moved the index.
Risk factors
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Conflict & War
3.8/34.1 safety points.
Nuclear threats & incidents
Nuclear index: 3.0/100. Does not affect the Safety Index.
Our index tracks nuclear weapons development, tests, radiation incidents and threats to use nuclear weapons. It also includes explicitly threatened countries. This is our own index, not a probability of nuclear war.
Official travel advisory
1 Exercise Normal Precautions
The U.S. State Department places Japan at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 89.6/100. That advisory was last revised May 15, 2025, 519 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised May 15, 2025. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- Japan’s Okinawa drops opposition to hosting crash-prone US Osprey aircraft
- Egg prices near record high in Japan as rising feed costs threaten supply crisis
- Typhoon Roke hits Japan
- 53 companies in Japan hit by Qilin ransomware group
- U.S. military restricts troops from leaving the base in Okinawa after Marine is arrested in a killing
- Okinawa governor urges Japan action after US Marine arrested over killing
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 90.0/100 (generated )
No fresh events; safety remains near baseline after a modest recent rebound.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Japan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 89.6 | — | |
| South Korea | 80.6 | −9.0 | |
| North Korea | 45.6 | −44.0 | |
| Taiwan | 84.9 | −4.7 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 89.7 | +0.1 | |
| Guam | 89.0 | −0.6 |