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Japan 5-day Weather Forecast

Day Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Morioka Mostly sunny, pleasant and warmer

Mostly sunny, pleasant and warmer 22℃/6℃

 Clouds and breaks of sun

Clouds and breaks of sun 21℃/6℃

 Nice and warm with plenty of sunshine

Nice and warm with plenty of sunshine 25℃/7℃

 Sunshine and very warm

Sunshine and very warm 27℃/12℃

 Mostly cloudy and remaining warm

Mostly cloudy and remaining warm 25℃/12℃
Ofunato Brilliant sunshine

Brilliant sunshine 18℃/9℃

 A morning shower; cloudy, breezy

A morning shower; cloudy, breezy 23℃/11℃

 Partly sunny, nice and warm

Partly sunny, nice and warm 24℃/11℃

 Nice and warm with sunshine

Nice and warm with sunshine 24℃/16℃

 Nice with sun and some clouds

Nice with sun and some clouds 22℃/13℃
Ichinoseki Brilliant sunshine, pleasant and warmer

Brilliant sunshine, pleasant and warmer 22℃/6℃

 A morning shower; cloudy, warm

A morning shower; cloudy, warm 26℃/9℃

 Very warm with times of clouds and sun

Very warm with times of clouds and sun 28℃/9℃

 Very warm with plenty of sun

Very warm with plenty of sun 29℃/13℃

 Sunshine, nice and warm

Sunshine, nice and warm 25℃/14℃

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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.
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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’
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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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