Japan
ICGs & TICs
Being entirely located in the Pacific Ocean, Japan belongs to only one Intergovernmental Coordination Group and is advised by a single Tsunami Information Centre.
Country data
As an island country in the northwestern Pacific Ocean with a well-known proclivity for natural disasters, Japan is well-acquainted with tsunami risks, and is actually the country where the term 'tsunami' originates from.
explore
34,000 km
total coastline
Including the four major islands and all others that make up the country
people
100+ million
coastal population
Approximately 80% of the country's total
Tsunami Service Provider
The Japan Meteorological Agency's Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center acts as TSP for the PTWS region.
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