Japan Weather

Japan logged record-breaking temperatures in October, marking the hottest October since record-keeping began in 1898, data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) showed.

This delay follows Japan's joint hottest summer on record, with June-August temperatures 1.76 Degrees C above average.

Japan's Mount Fuji remained snow-less as of Monday -- the latest date that its majestic slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the weather agency said.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's Izu Islands on Tuesday, the USGS said, triggering local weather authorities to issue a tsunami warning for the remote Pacific area off Tokyo.

A major typhoon made landfall on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu on Thursday morning, the weather office said.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, just northeast of Tokyo, the country's weather agency said.

The satellite images have been shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Nahel Belgherze, who covers extreme weather events around the world.

Japan has seen its hottest September since records began 125 years ago, the weather agency said, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history.

Mobara city in Chiba prefecture, which borders the capital Tokyo, recorded 392 millimetres of rain overnight into Saturday -- the largest amount to hit the city in a 24-hour span since the Japan Meteorological Agency began the survey in 1976.

Japan's space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its "Moon Sniper" lunar mission due to poor weather.

One person is dead and three missing in landslides in southwestern Japan, authorities said Monday, as the country's weather agency warned of the "heaviest rain ever" in the region.

Japan experienced its warmest spring on record this year, the national weather agency said Thursday, as greenhouse gasses and El Nino send temperatures soaring worldwide.

An Air France KLM SA passenger plane flying from Osaka in western Japan to French capital Paris turned back on Sunday after weather radar and speed meters malfunctioned while flying over the Pacific Ocean, Kyodo news agency reported.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Japan's central Ishikawa region on Friday but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said.

Experts say the early blooming of Cherry Blossoms is the result of unusually warm weather, which is being fuelled by climate change.

Japan logged record-breaking temperatures in October, marking the hottest October since record-keeping began in 1898, data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) showed.

This delay follows Japan's joint hottest summer on record, with June-August temperatures 1.76 Degrees C above average.

Japan's Mount Fuji remained snow-less as of Monday -- the latest date that its majestic slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the weather agency said.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's Izu Islands on Tuesday, the USGS said, triggering local weather authorities to issue a tsunami warning for the remote Pacific area off Tokyo.

A major typhoon made landfall on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu on Thursday morning, the weather office said.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, just northeast of Tokyo, the country's weather agency said.

The satellite images have been shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Nahel Belgherze, who covers extreme weather events around the world.

Japan has seen its hottest September since records began 125 years ago, the weather agency said, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history.

Mobara city in Chiba prefecture, which borders the capital Tokyo, recorded 392 millimetres of rain overnight into Saturday -- the largest amount to hit the city in a 24-hour span since the Japan Meteorological Agency began the survey in 1976.

Japan's space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its "Moon Sniper" lunar mission due to poor weather.

One person is dead and three missing in landslides in southwestern Japan, authorities said Monday, as the country's weather agency warned of the "heaviest rain ever" in the region.

Japan experienced its warmest spring on record this year, the national weather agency said Thursday, as greenhouse gasses and El Nino send temperatures soaring worldwide.

An Air France KLM SA passenger plane flying from Osaka in western Japan to French capital Paris turned back on Sunday after weather radar and speed meters malfunctioned while flying over the Pacific Ocean, Kyodo news agency reported.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Japan's central Ishikawa region on Friday but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said.

Experts say the early blooming of Cherry Blossoms is the result of unusually warm weather, which is being fuelled by climate change.