Season of Disaster: Downpours and Heatwaves Becoming the Norm as Japanese Summers Get Hotter and Longer

Average Ocean Temperatures Around Japan, July 2025

The author, right front, and researchers from Mie University prepare to release a weather balloon from a research vessel off Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast in June 2025. (© Tachibana Yoshihiro)

Average Temperatures, June 2025 (°C)

Triple High-Pressure Systems, June 2025

Flood waters from rainstorms inundate temporary housing for victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa, on September 22, 2024. (© Jiji)

Path of Typhoon Shanshan, 2024