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Japan

Disease outbreak profile for Japan — 14 events, 8 diseases, since 1996.

Japan (JPN) · WHO WPR region · 14 WHO events across 8 diseases (1996–2025).

Diseases reported by Japan

Disease ICD-10 Events % of country total
COVID-19 U071 4 29%
Influenza due to identified zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus J090 3 21%
Measles B05 2 14%
Monkeypox B04 1 7%
Acute viral hepatitis, unspecified B179 1 7%
Chikungunya mosquito-borne viral fever A920 1 7%
Escherichia coli B962 1 7%
Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication A050 1 7%

Annual outbreak timeline

Year Events Diseases
2025 2 2
2023 1 1
2022 2 2
2021 1 1
2020 1 1
2019 1 1
2018 1 1
2004 1 1
2003 1 1
2000 1 1
1998 1 1
1996 1 1

Peak year: 2025 (2 events).

Decade summary

Decade Events
1990s 2
2000s 3
2010s 2
2020s 7

Position in WHO WPR

Rank #8 of 25 countries in this region by total outbreak events on record.

Health system snapshot

Indicator 2023
Population (2023) 124,000,000
Life expectancy 84.80 yr
Healthy life expectancy 74.10 yr
Infant mortality /1k 1.80
Maternal mortality /100k 4.00
Under-5 mortality /1k 2.50
Adult mortality M /1k 73.00
Adult mortality F /1k 38.00
Cardiovascular /100k 79.80
Cancer /100k 165.40
Respiratory /100k 22.10
Diabetes /100k 4.20
Road injury /100k 2.90
Healthcare spending % GDP 10.90%
Physicians /1k 2.60
Hospital beds /1k 13.00
DTP3 vaccination 98.00%
HIV prevalence 0.10%
TB incidence /100k 10.00
Malaria /1k 0.00

Diseases Reported

8

Outbreak Events

14

Year Range

1996–2025

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Country

Japan • WPR