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Japan 5-day Weather Forecast

Day Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Kanazawa Warmer with sun followed by clouds

Warmer with sun followed by clouds 20℃/9℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 21℃/11℃

 Sun through high clouds

Sun through high clouds 23℃/14℃

 Mostly cloudy

Mostly cloudy 26℃/15℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 24℃/17℃
Wajima Mostly sunny and milder

Mostly sunny and milder 18℃/10℃

 A morning shower; variably cloudy

A morning shower; variably cloudy 19℃/12℃

 Sun through high clouds

Sun through high clouds 21℃/14℃

 Warm with increasing clouds

Warm with increasing clouds 24℃/16℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 22℃/15℃
Noto Sunny to partly cloudy and milder

Sunny to partly cloudy and milder 19℃/9℃

 Morning mist; otherwise, mostly cloudy

Morning mist; otherwise, mostly cloudy 21℃/10℃

 Sun through high clouds

Sun through high clouds 21℃/12℃

 Mostly cloudy

Mostly cloudy 24℃/14℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 23℃/15℃
Kaga Turning cloudy, breezy and warmer

Turning cloudy, breezy and warmer 19℃/10℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 20℃/11℃

 Sun through high clouds

Sun through high clouds 21℃/13℃

 Mostly cloudy and warmer

Mostly cloudy and warmer 25℃/16℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 23℃/17℃

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A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
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A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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