Sediment-related disasters in Japan

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