Paranormal events in Japan
The archives for Japan contain 43 documented cases of paranormal activity, spanning a historical period from 1590 to 2024. The recorded phenomena primarily consist of UFO sightings, apparitions, and cryptid encounters. These entries provide a chronological overview of anomalous events documented across the archipelago over several centuries.
Individual records include the Utsuro-bune encounter and the Fukushima UFO sightings, alongside accounts of the Man from Taured. The archive also catalogs folklore-based phenomena such as Kitsunetsuki: Fox Possession in Japan and the legend of Aka Manto - Red Cape. Each entry serves as a formal record of anomalous activity documented across the region.
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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.
Fukushima UFO Sightings
Fukushima, Japan
Since the 2011 nuclear disaster, Fukushima has experienced frequent UFO sightings. Guards at the damaged nuclear power plant have reported unexplained lights. Some researchers suggest the objects may be monitoring the radiation. Japanese officials have launched UAP investigations.
BOAC Flight 911 and the Mount Fuji UFO Photographs
Mount Fuji, Honshu, Japan
On a clear March afternoon a British charter flight bound for Hong Kong photographed unidentified objects against the slopes of Mount Fuji, only to break apart in the sky minutes later, killing all 124 people aboard and leaving behind a strange photographic record.
Kofu Fanged Humanoid
Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Two seven-year-old boys in Kofu, Japan saw an orange UFO land in a vineyard. A humanoid with wrinkled brown skin, pointed ears, and large fangs emerged and touched one boy's shoulder. The boys fled in terror. Investigators found landing traces and radiation.
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.
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
- 2011 UFO Fukushima UFO Sightings Fukushima, 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
- 1975 UFO Kofu Fanged Humanoid Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
- 1972 UFO Rainbow Lights of Mount Yotei Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan
- 1966 UFO BOAC Flight 911 and the Mount Fuji UFO Photographs Mount Fuji, Honshu, Japan
- 1961 Cryptid Issie: Japan's Lake Monster Lake Ikeda, Kagoshima, Japan
- 1954 Other Man from Taured Tokyo, Japan
- 1954 Other The Man from Taured Tokyo, Japan
- 1952 Other The Devil's Sea (Dragon's Triangle) Pacific Ocean, Japan
- 1950 Apparition Hanako-san (Toilet Hanako) Japan
- 1950 Haunting The Aokigahara Forest Mount Fuji, Japan
- 1949 UFO Fukushima, Japan UFO Sighting (March 28, 1949) — USAF Files Fukushima, Japan
- 1949 UFO Takayama, Japan UFO Sighting (January 25, 1949) — USAF Files Takayama, Japan
- 1948 UFO Japan UFO Sighting (January 25) — USAF Files Japan
- 1947 UFO Japan UFO Sighting (September 5, 1947) — USAF Files Japan
- 1927 Haunting Kiyotaki Tunnel Kyoto, Japan
- 1887 Haunting Hashima Island (Battleship Island) Nagasaki, Japan
- 1803 UFO Utsuro-bune Encounter Hitachi Province, Japan
- 1803 UFO Utsuro-bune - The Hollow Ship Hitachi Province, Japan
- 1803 Other Utsuro-bune Hitachi Province, Japan
- 1636 Haunting Oiwa - Yotsuya Kaidan Tokyo, Japan
- 1603 Haunting The Ghosts of Tokyo: Yurei in the Megacity Tokyo, Japan
- 1590 Haunting Okiku and the Nine Plates Himeji, Japan
- 1000 Haunting Aokigahara Forest Mount Fuji, Japan
- 1000 Cryptid Basan - Fire Rooster Japan
- 1000 Other Devil's Sea (Dragon's Triangle) Pacific Ocean, 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