A total of 12.1 million people is threatened with sediment-related disasters in Japan.
Prefecture |
Number of mountain streams at risk of debris flow |
Places at risk of landslide |
Places at risk of steep slope failure |
Places at risk of avalanche |
Hokkaido |
1,607 |
437 |
3,158 |
1,151 |
Aomori |
645 |
63 |
1,318 |
892 |
Iwate |
2,204 |
191 |
1,792 |
333 |
Miyagi |
1,359 |
105 |
1,841 |
110 |
Akita |
1,692 |
262 |
1,318 |
1,052 |
Yamagata |
1,268 |
230 |
585 |
839 |
Fukushima |
1,678 |
143 |
1,435 |
200 |
Ibaraki |
537 |
105 |
1,105 |
– |
Tochigi |
1,043 |
96 |
887 |
142 |
Gunma |
1,863 |
213 |
1,667 |
464 |
Saitama |
585 |
110 |
825 |
– |
Chiba |
212 |
52 |
1,613 |
– |
Tokyo |
391 |
26 |
2,046 |
– |
Kanagawa |
705 |
37 |
2,511 |
– |
Niigata |
2,544 |
860 |
1,975 |
1,421 |
Yamanashi |
1,653 |
104 |
1,412 |
56 |
Nagano |
4,043 |
1,241 |
3,205 |
910 |
Toyama |
556 |
194 |
1,004 |
712 |
Ishikawa |
1,030 |
420 |
1,177 |
1,285 |
Gifu |
2,934 |
88 |
2,957 |
847 |
Shizuoka |
2,311 |
183 |
3,749 |
40 |
Aichi |
1,555 |
75 |
2,910 |
– |
Mie |
2,693 |
85 |
4,090 |
– |
Fukui |
2,080 |
146 |
1,588 |
849 |
Shiga |
1,421 |
62 |
1,317 |
299 |
Prefecture |
Number of mountain streams at risk of debris flow |
Places at risk of landslide |
Places at risk of steep slope failure |
Places at risk of avalanche |
Kyoto |
2,328 |
58 |
1,637 |
687 |
Osaka |
1,009 |
145 |
896 |
– |
Hyogo |
4,310 |
286 |
5,557 |
826 |
Nara |
1,136 |
106 |
1,289 |
– |
Wakayama |
2,526 |
495 |
3,144 |
– |
Tottori |
1,626 |
94 |
1,530 |
1,121 |
Shimane |
3,041 |
264 |
2,874 |
516 |
Okayama |
3,019 |
198 |
2,475 |
256 |
Hiroshima |
5,607 |
80 |
6,410 |
234 |
Yamaguchi |
2,655 |
285 |
3,865 |
– |
Tokushima |
1,129 |
591 |
2,097 |
– |
Kagawa |
1,592 |
117 |
929 |
– |
Ehime |
3,540 |
506 |
2,750 |
– |
Kochi |
1,939 |
176 |
4,175 |
– |
Fukuoka |
2,508 |
215 |
3,566 |
– |
Saga |
1,760 |
200 |
1,759 |
– |
Nagasaki |
2,785 |
1,169 |
5,121 |
– |
Kumamoto |
2,120 |
107 |
3,552 |
– |
Oita |
2,543 |
222 |
4,927 |
– |
Miyazaki |
1,413 |
273 |
2,823 |
– |
Kagoshima |
2,160 |
85 |
4,231 |
– |
Okinawa |
163 |
88 |
465 |
– |
Total |
89,518 |
11,288 |
113,557 |
15,242 |
The above figures for debris flow and slope failures, avalanche, and landslide are published in fiscal 2003, 1997, and 1998 respectively.
Total population in the threatened area preserved |
Population in the mountain streams at risk of debris flow |
Population in the places at risk of landslide |
Population in the places at risk of steep slope failure |
Population in the places at risk of avalanche |
About 12.1 million people |
About 4.3 million people |
About 1.6 million people |
About 6.2 million people |
Population in the places at risk of avalanche |