Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Japan na-enwekarị ala ọma jijiji, tsunami na ugwu mgbawa n'ihi ọnọdụ ya n'akụkụ Pacific Ring of Fire. Ọ nwere ihe ọghọm ọdachi nke 17 kachasị dị ka atụpụtara na 2016 World Risk Index. Japan nwere ugwu mgbawa 111. Ala ọma jijiji ndị na-ebibi ihe, bụ́ ndị na-akpatakarị oké ebili mmiri, na-eme ọtụtụ ugboro n'ime otu narị afọ ọ bụla; ala ọma jijiji ahụ mere na Tokyo na 1923 gburu ihe karịrị mmadụ 140,000. Nnukwu ala ọma jijiji ndị mere n'oge na-adịbeghị anya bụ ala ọma jijiji nke Great Hanshin nke 1995 na ala ọma jijiji nke Tōhoku nke 2011
, nke mere ka e nwee nnukwu ala ọma jijiji.