The term - kokushobi - translates to "cruelly hot", "brutally hot" or "severely hot", and comes after Japan's hottest summer ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency is adding a new word to its weather-forecast lexicon for days when temperatures exceed 40C, ...
Japan’s weather agency has formally adopted a name for sizzling-hot days ahead of what is set to be another scorcher of a ...
Blistering temperatures rising to 40°C and above will now be branded "cruelly hot" or "kokusho-bi" in Japan, the weather ...
TOKYO -- The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on April 17 that it has chosen "kokushobi," which literally means ...