Japan - Internally displaced persons

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases)

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in Japan was 186,000.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 892,000.00 in 2011, while its lowest value was 800.00 in 2008.

Definition: Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. "New Displacement" refers to the number of new cases or incidents of displacement recorded over the specified year, rather than the number of people displaced. This is done because people may have been displaced more than once.

Source: The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

See also:

Year Value
2008 800.00
2010 85,000.00
2011 892,000.00
2012 308,000.00
2013 639,000.00
2014 707,000.00
2015 486,000.00
2016 864,000.00
2017 21,000.00
2018 146,000.00
2019 265,000.00
2020 186,000.00

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility