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5 days ago

In April Japan coined new term kokushobi for days above 40C as country advises workers to wear shorts to the office to cope with stifling heat

Japan logged its first official kokushobi or “cruelly hot…

51 days ago

More than 1 million people advised to evacuate homes amid 80mph winds and heavy rain

Typhoon Jangmi (also known as Typhoon No 6) moved northwards over the course of this week. From Okinawa to mainland…

3 months ago

The tremor had an epicentre in the Pacific Ocean and was 10 km deep, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Japan officially entered cherry blossom season in Tokyo on Thursday after the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed the first blooming of Somei Yoshino trees at Yasukuni Shrine.

7 months ago

Japan's Meteorological Agency says a tsunami as high as three metres (10 feet) could hit country's northeastern coast.

Tsunami as high as 3 metres could hit after powerful tremor 50 miles off country’s north-east coast

A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake has shaken Japan’s north-east region, prompting tsunami warnings…

8 months ago

Sakurajima, one of Japan's most active volcanoes, erupted before dawn, sending ash and smoke up to thousands of feet into the sky, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency

12 months ago

No major damage has been reported in the Tokara island chain, Japan’s meteorological agency says

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote island chain in southern Japan in the past two weeks, ac…

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