The term - kokushobi - translates to "cruelly hot", "brutally hot" or "severely hot", and comes after Japan's hottest summer on record.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on April 17 that it has chosen "kokushobi," which literally means "cruelly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's weather bureau said on Thursday that normal weather patterns are continuing and that there was a 40% ...

TOKYO, May 10 (Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Friday there was a 90% chance that the El Nino phenomenon will dissipate by the end of May, while there was a 60% chance of the La Nina ...

Japan visitors warned over severe May weather after hiker from Hong Kong dies - The pair, aged 30 and 22, were scaling Mount ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted western Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the country's Full article ...

The death prompted mountaineering experts to issue a warning against taking hikes in May when the weather is highly unstable.