Paranormal events in Japan
The Spooky Valley archive holds 22 documented paranormal cases in Japan. The earliest dates to 500 and the most recent to 2024, a span of 1524 years.
Reporting in Japan is led by the apparition report, with 9 apparition reports, 7 cryptid encounters and 5 UFO sightings on file. Of these, 13 are verified against primary-source documentation. Every entry below records what was reported and the sources behind it, rather than asserting a conclusion.
Featured from Japan
Japan UAP Investigation Launch
Japan
In 2024, over 80 Japanese lawmakers formed a bipartisan group to investigate UAPs, including former defense ministers. The US AARO designated western Japan as a global UAP 'hotspot.' Japan is creating an official UAP office modeled on America's AARO by 2026.
Japan Defense Ministry UAP Guidelines
Japan
In September 2020, Japan's Defense Ministry issued first-ever protocols for military pilots to report unidentified aerial phenomena. Following the US Navy's lead, Japan became one of the first Asian nations to officially acknowledge and establish procedures for UAP encounters, marking a significant shift in government transparency.
Japan UFO Sighting (January 25) — USAF Files
Japan
U.S. Department of Defense documents record an unidentified object observed by Japanese weather stations, later released via the PURSUE program.
Japan UFO Sighting (September 5, 1947) — USAF Files
Japan
A 1947 radar detection of a flying saucer in Japan was documented in U.S. military records and later released via the PURSUE program.
Archive · Japan
- 2024 UFO Japan UAP Investigation Launch Japan
- 2023 UFO Unresolved UAP Sighting Over INDOPACOM (2023) — Pentagon Report Japan
- 2020 UFO Japan Defense Ministry UAP Guidelines Japan
- 1990 Apparition Teke Teke Japan
- 1980 Apparition Aka Manto - Red Cape Japan
- 1979 Apparition Kuchisake-onna (Slit-Mouthed Woman) Japan
- 1979 Apparition Kuchisake-onna - The Slit-Mouthed Woman Japan
- 1950 Apparition Hanako-san (Toilet Hanako) Japan
- 1948 UFO Japan UFO Sighting (January 25) — USAF Files Japan
- 1947 UFO Japan UFO Sighting (September 5, 1947) — USAF Files Japan
- 1000 Cryptid Basan - Fire Rooster Japan
- 1000 Apparition Gashadokuro - Starving Skeleton Japan
- 1000 Cryptid Jorōgumo - Spider Woman Japan
- 1000 Cryptid Namazu - Earthquake Catfish Japan
- 712 Cryptid Tsuchinoko Japanese Snake Japan
- 700 Cryptid Tsuchinoko Japan
- 500 Possession Kitsunetsuki: Fox Possession in Japan Japan
- -500 Apparition Gashadokuro Japan
- -500 Cryptid Kappa Japan
- -500 Apparition Noppera-bō Japan
- -500 Apparition Onryō Japan
- -500 Cryptid Tengu Japan