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Japan 5-day Weather Forecast

Day Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Niigata Partly sunny and warmer

Partly sunny and warmer 18℃/11℃

 Breezy, a shower in the morning; cloudy

Breezy, a shower in the morning; cloudy 20℃/12℃

 Sun through high clouds

Sun through high clouds 21℃/12℃

 Rather cloudy

Rather cloudy 23℃/14℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 21℃/14℃
Murakami Partly sunny

Partly sunny 18℃/11℃

 A little morning rain; mostly cloudy

A little morning rain; mostly cloudy 19℃/12℃

 Sun through high clouds

Sun through high clouds 21℃/13℃

 Pleasant with sunshine

Pleasant with sunshine 23℃/15℃

 Increasing cloudiness

Increasing cloudiness 21℃/14℃
Sado Milder with sunshine

Milder with sunshine 20℃/9℃

 A shower in the a.m.; otherwise, cloudy

A shower in the a.m.; otherwise, cloudy 20℃/10℃

 Sun followed by increasing clouds

Sun followed by increasing clouds 23℃/10℃

 Mostly cloudy and warmer

Mostly cloudy and warmer 26℃/15℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 24℃/14℃

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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’
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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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