Japan reveals new name for 40C-and-hotter days after blistering summer

📰 Source: BBC

📂 Category: General

🌍 Region: Japan

📅 Published: April 17, 2026 at 18:19

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

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