Japan Meteorological Agency Announces End of Rainy Season for Kanto-Koshin, Hokuriku, and Southern Tohoku
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and local meteorological observatories announced on Friday, July 18, that the rainy season has ended for the Kanto-Koshin, Hokuriku, and Southern Tohoku regions. For the Kanto-Koshin region, the end of the rainy season occurred on the same day as last year and one day earlier than average, marking what is officially considered "normal" timing for the arrival of summer. However, this announcement of "normal" timing has been met with widespread confusion and skepticism on social media. Posts such as "Are they really saying the end of the rainy season this year is normal?" and "This is the first year I've ever doubted that phrase so much" have appeared. Many users felt that heatwave-like conditions had already persisted since the middle of the rainy season, leading comments like "The mid-rainy season break felt like an entire summer" and "The heat simply got a head start." The JMA defines...