Entity

Japan

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

As of 6 Oct 2026Outlets 139

Who Japan moves with

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.

South KoreaChinaAIAsian GamesUnited StatesTokyoGoldIndia
  • South Korea · 1,460 shared documents
  • China · 1,430 shared documents
  • Asian · 1,120 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • AI · 810 shared documents
  • Asian Games · 749 shared documents
  • United States · 746 shared documents
  • Tokyo · 709 shared documents
  • Gold · 681 shared documents
  • Nagoya · 660 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • India · 649 shared documents

Japan has 685 mentions in tracked coverage. That is too few to measure a trend. Watch Japan to hear when coverage grows, or request deeper coverage of Japan.

For developers

Call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name japan.

{
  "name": "japan",
  "label": "Japan",
  "asOf": "2026-10-06",
  "mentions": 685,
  "outlets": 139,
  "domains": 14,
  "coverageTrend": "too few mentions to measure",
  "marketPrice": {
    "question": "China x Japan military clash before 2027?",
    "yesPct": 4,
    "pricedOn": "2026-10-05",
    "attribution": "the market's own price"
  },
  "whereFrom": {
    "level": "counts",
    "label": "685 mentions across 14 domains",
    "children": [
      {
        "level": "reports",
        "label": "4 reports drawn on this page, each with its link",
        "children": {
          "count": 4,
          "unfold": "expand=+1"
        }
      },
      {
        "level": "domains",
        "label": "14 coverage domains",
        "children": {
          "count": 14,
          "unfold": "expand=+1"
        }
      },
      {
        "level": "not shown",
        "label": "The other 681 mentions",
        "edge": "counted daily from tracked coverage; single mentions are not listed one by one"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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

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
3,961 documents · 400 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 6 Oct 2026
Measured
26% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
6 Oct 2026
26 links from here

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

What is claimed about it (13)

  • 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.
  • 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 (3)

For machines: this record as JSON

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Japan, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article. Sparse topics can mix unrelated senses of the word.

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

Other questions markets are asking

Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

What it connects to

Related records.

Events in motion

Events that involve Japan.

What markets are asking about these events

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 6 Oct 2026.