Japan isProperly Fucked.

Concern has officially graduated from optional to useful, and the trend line has stopped being politely reassuring.

0.0

Properly Fucked

Japan severity index

36% confidence

Drivers

What moved Japan

macroeconomic

+9.0

Japan core inflation rate in June creeps up from 4-year low as higher oil prices bite

CNBC reported a recent macroeconomic signal connected to Japan.

4 days ago

current_news

natural disaster

+7.8

M 6.8 - 5 km E of Uto, Japan

6.8 magnitude earthquake near 5 km E of Uto, Japan.

about 3 hours ago

usgs

conflict security

+5.5

Terra Drone Enters Japan-Made Battery Business for Drones

sUAS News reported a recent conflict security signal connected to Japan.

about 19 hours ago

current_news

Key headlines

Evidence shaping the score

current_news4 days agomacroeconomicJP

Japan core inflation rate in June creeps up from 4-year low as higher oil prices bite

CNBC reported a recent macroeconomic signal connected to Japan.

90.2

Open source
usgsabout 3 hours agonatural disasterJP

M 6.8 - 5 km E of Uto, Japan

6.8 magnitude earthquake near 5 km E of Uto, Japan.

77.7

Open source
current_newsabout 19 hours agoconflict securityJP

Terra Drone Enters Japan-Made Battery Business for Drones

sUAS News reported a recent conflict security signal connected to Japan.

54.9

Open source
current_newsabout 19 hours agoconflict securityJP

Terra Drone to Launch Japan-Made Drone Battery Business

Dronelife reported a recent conflict security signal connected to Japan.

54.8

Open source

Drivers

Domain breakdown

Conflict & security

Share of overall score 22%

43.7

Elevated

Limited confidence

Confidence 39%

Civil unrest

Share of overall score 14%

0.0

Quiet

Thin confidence

Confidence 24%

Macroeconomic stress

Share of overall score 14%

64.0

Heavy pressure

High confidence

Confidence 84%

Public health

Share of overall score 10%

0.0

Quiet

Solid confidence

Confidence 56%

Natural disasters

Share of overall score 13%

40.4

Elevated

Limited confidence

Confidence 54%

Climate & environment

Share of overall score 10%

6.6

Low

Solid confidence

Confidence 63%

Cyber & infrastructure

Share of overall score 9%

0.0

Quiet

Thin confidence

Confidence 24%

Governance

Share of overall score 8%

15.5

Active

Limited confidence

Confidence 34%

Sparse data

Country coverage is thinner than the global read because some lanes still rely on proxy matching or focal-city sampling instead of fully local structured feeds.

Context

What is shaping Japan

  • Macroeconomic stress is currently the hottest live lane.
  • 20 live evidence items are shaping this reading across 8 covered domains.
  • Country coverage is thinner than the global read because some lanes still rely on proxy matching or focal-city sampling instead of fully local structured feeds.

Comparison

Japan versus the global baseline

Japan

28.9

Properly Fucked

Global baseline

69.9

Critically Fucked

Japan currently reads cooler than the global baseline by 41.0 points.

Trend

Score drift

24h

-8.9

down

Compared with stored snapshot from 2026-07-27 03:34 UTC.

7d

-3.3

down

Compared with stored snapshot from 2026-07-21 03:34 UTC.

30d

-4.5

down

Compared with stored snapshot from 2026-06-28 03:36 UTC.

Integrity

Source health and freshness

USGS Earthquake Catalog

Freshness: live-ish

operational

10 earthquakes returned in the current 7-day query window.

Last success: less than a minute ago

Latency: 1381 ms

Open-Meteo Weather & Air Quality

Freshness: live-ish

operational

1 monitoring point sampled successfully.

Last success: 4 minutes ago

Latency: 1528 ms

GDELT Global Event Monitor

Freshness: stale

offline

Request timed out after 8000 ms

Last success: None yet

Latency: n/a

WHO Disease Outbreak News

Freshness: live-ish

operational

12 outbreak bulletins parsed from the current WHO feed.

Last success: 11 days ago

Latency: 6926 ms

World Bank macro indicators

Freshness: fresh

operational

1 country macro snapshot cleared the stress threshold.

Last success: 15 days ago

Latency: 1456 ms

Current news signal

Freshness: live-ish

operational

8 classified headline signals captured across 1 successful country.

Last success: less than a minute ago

Latency: 1862 ms