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Japan 5-day Weather Forecast

Day Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
Fukuoka Cloudy

Cloudy 28℃/19℃

 Partly sunny and delightful

Partly sunny and delightful 26℃/19℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 27℃/20℃

 Cloudy with a shower

Cloudy with a shower 24℃/22℃

 Periods of rain and a thunderstorm

Periods of rain and a thunderstorm 28℃/21℃
Kitakyushu Mostly cloudy

Mostly cloudy 25℃/19℃

 Nice with times of clouds and sun

Nice with times of clouds and sun 25℃/19℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 25℃/19℃

 Mainly cloudy with a gusty breeze

Mainly cloudy with a gusty breeze 22℃/21℃

 Humid; rain and a t-storm in the p.m.

Humid; rain and a t-storm in the p.m. 25℃/21℃
Kurume Cloudy

Cloudy 29℃/18℃

 Pleasant with sun and clouds

Pleasant with sun and clouds 27℃/18℃

 Cloudy

Cloudy 26℃/20℃

 Showers around in the morning; cloudy

Showers around in the morning; cloudy 24℃/22℃

 Warmer with rain and a thunderstorm

Warmer with rain and a thunderstorm 28℃/22℃

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Japan’s fertility rate hits record low despite government push
The total number of births dropped to about 686,000, marking the first time the figure has fallen below 700,000, according to a health ministry release on Wednesday.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Hakuho’s departure highlights worrying sumo trend
Former <i>yokozuna</i> Hakuho performs a ring-entering ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
Is Japan ready to say goodbye to tax-free shopping?
Arrows lead to the tax-free counter at a branch of discount retailer Don Quijote in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.
South Korea’s Lee pledges to heal deep wounds as ‘president for everyone’
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung waves with his his wife, Kim Hye-gyeong, following his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 console is finally here
The Switch 2 is Nintendo's first new gaming console in eight years.
Hakuho’s departure highlights worrying sumo trend
Former <i>yokozuna</i> Hakuho performs a ring-entering ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89
Shigeo Nagashima (left), then the manager of the Tokyo Giants, waves to fans with players and coaches during a victory parade in central Tokyo in 2000. Nagashima died at the age of 89 on Tuesday.
‘A garden is a grand teacher’: The Kamakura Gardener nurtures via YouTube
American Robert Jefferson runs a YouTube channel called The Kamakura Gardener that invites viewers to enjoy the pleasures of gardening, cooking and slow living.

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After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
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