Summers in Japan are typically hot and rainy. Unlike much of the US, where warmer temperatures generally lead to less rain, ...

Amid heavy showers, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on June 6 that the Kanto-Koshin region appears to have entered rainy season that day. This year, the start of rainy season in the ...

It also arrived much later than the rainy day pronouncements for western Japan and the Tokai region in mid-May, which were much earlier than average years. Kanto-Koshin and neighboring Tokai have ...