The rainy season officially ended Sunday in Kyushu and the Chugoku region, between one and eight days earlier than usual but one to two days later than last year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The rainy season ended in those areas a day after its conclusion in the Kanto-Koshin, Tokai and Kinki regions and in Shikoku.
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