Entity

Japan

An East Asian island democracy and U.S. treaty ally; one of the world's largest economies.

As of 31 Oct 2026Last evidence 31 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Evonik, Toyotsu Chemiplas and Sanyo Chemical launch polyurethane recycling initiative in Japan

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • (LEAD) Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to discuss N. Korea, trilateral cooperation

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

  • Japan Tax Free and UPBOND to Pay Tourist Tax Refunds in JPYC on Avalanche From November 1

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Microsoft Signs On as Sole Buyer for Two Blueleaf Solar Projects in Japan

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Japan, South Korea Stocks Rebound as Kospi Surges Over 4%, SK Hynix and SoftBank Soar 6%, Kioxia Jumps Nearly 8%

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Japan

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 268 mentions on 31 Oct 2026, against 207 on 10 Oct 2026 (+29%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 29 Oct 2026 (7 changes recorded since 19 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 2 claims first reported since 30 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “China x Japan military clash before 2027?” moved from 6% to 4% Yes since 16 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

7,429 documents · 524 publishers · 6% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 31 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.059: about 94% of mentions carry no typed assertion

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Japan

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

ChinaSouth KoreaAIUnited StatesIndiaTokyoFranceGermanyOil
  • China · 2,639 shared documents
  • South Korea · 2,494 shared documents
  • AI · 1,804 shared documents
  • Asian · 1,687 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • United States · 1,485 shared documents
  • India · 1,302 shared documents
  • Tokyo · 1,260 shared documents
  • France · 1,160 shared documents
  • Germany · 1,127 shared documents
  • Oil · 1,080 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 268 mentions on 31 Oct 2026 with 207 on 10 Oct 2026 (+29%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +61% from 16 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026, between 58 and 294 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Japan, day by day.

Market price, cited

4% Yes

priced 31 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 6% → 4% Yes (-2pts, from 21 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026)

on “China x Japan military clash before 2027?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Japan

“China x Japan military clash before 2027?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/ff2c97b8a74390da1fb6e30b returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name japan.

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    "yesPct": 4,
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      },
      {
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        "label": "The other 262 mentions",
        "edge": "counted daily from tracked coverage; single mentions are not listed one by one"
      }
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  }
}

The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Japan

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Evonik, Toyotsu Chemiplas and Sanyo Chemical launch polyurethane recycling initiative in Japan

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • (LEAD) Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to discuss N. Korea, trilateral cooperation

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Japan Tax Free and UPBOND to Pay Tourist Tax Refunds in JPYC on Avalanche From November 1

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Microsoft Signs On as Sole Buyer for Two Blueleaf Solar Projects in Japan

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Japan, South Korea Stocks Rebound as Kospi Surges Over 4%, SK Hynix and SoftBank Soar 6%, Kioxia Jumps Nearly 8%

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Japan's top yen stablecoin falls short of its target in a disappointing first year

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • BlackRock, SBI, Startale Explore Linking Tokenized Money Market Funds With Japan’s Yen Stablecoin

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • CyberStrikeAI Uses 44 AI Agents to Automate Hacking Operations Against Japan Targets

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Japan’s former PM Takeo Fukuda, proponent of ties with China, dies at 90

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Chinese automakers overtake Japanese rivals in Europe for the first time

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Japan’s shipbuilders ramping up investment to double output

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Japan to Ask Germany to Revise EU Electric Vehicle Rules

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

Walk the record from Japan

Open where it comes from, follow a claim or a related name, and use the trail to come back. Every step says what it is, how it stands and when. Machines read the same record.

Japan

Entity.

Evidence
7,429 documents · 524 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 6 Apr 2026, last seen 31 Oct 2026
Measured
6% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
31 Oct 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

For machines: this record as JSON

Watch this

What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Japan, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about Japan

Markets whose question is about Japan or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Japan and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

  • 4.5% Yes

    “Will the Bank of Japan increase the uncollateralized overnight call rate by 50+ bps at the March meeting?”

    Polymarket · priced 31 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “japan” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

  • 0.6% Yes

    “Will the Bank of Japan decrease the uncollateralized overnight call rate by 50+ bps at the January meeting?”

    Polymarket · priced 31 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “japan” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

1 more open market joined to Japan but not about it
  • 99% Yes

    “Will a 6.0+ magnitude earthquake occur in Japan this month?”

    Polymarket · priced 31 Oct 2026

    Relation: about a place in it · “japan” appears only as the place something happens (“in …”) · close date not stated in the question

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

  • 29 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 27 Oct 2026

  • 27 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 26 Oct 2026

  • 27 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady

    Previous state held since 26 Oct 2026

  • 26 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 22 Oct 2026

  • 26 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 22 Oct 2026

  • 22 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 18 Oct 2026

  • 22 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 18 Oct 2026

7 changes recorded since 19 Oct 2026, newest first.

Ask about JapanWatch Japan

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 31 Oct 2026.