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Japan 5-day Weather Forecast

Day Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Otsu Increasing cloudiness

Increasing cloudiness 16℃/9℃

 Clouds followed by a brightening sky

Clouds followed by a brightening sky 18℃/10℃

 Pleasant with plenty of sunshine

Pleasant with plenty of sunshine 21℃/6℃

 Sunshine and nice

Sunshine and nice 21℃/6℃

 Mostly sunny and nice

Mostly sunny and nice 21℃/11℃
Koka Increasing cloudiness

Increasing cloudiness 15℃/10℃

 Clouds followed by a brightening sky

Clouds followed by a brightening sky 17℃/10℃

 Beautiful with plenty of sunshine

Beautiful with plenty of sunshine 19℃/6℃

 Pleasant with plenty of sun

Pleasant with plenty of sun 19℃/5℃

 Mostly sunny and pleasant

Mostly sunny and pleasant 19℃/10℃

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From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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