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It is a summer of extremes. Burning temperatures followed by raging fires. Wild storms and torrential rain. And a run of broken climate records.

Some Shinkansen are carrying perishable freight along with passengers, as railway operators and food producers alike expand the use of high-speed trains for urgent goods.

The rebranding of the Daiwa Resorts portfolio will see Accor double its presence in the country…

Accor, the region’s largest international hospitality group is expanding its presence in Japan with the addition of the Daiwa Resorts.

The first two weeks of July have seen a striking surge of wildfires, extreme heat, flooding, and drought across the globe.

Our oceans are warming up and changing their colour due to climate change. Summers are getting hotter and hotter in many parts of the world, with temperatures reaching as high as 45C in many parts of the world.

The body of a 79-year-old man found near a river mouth in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on July 11 raised the death toll to seven from record torrential rain in northern Kyushu.

Two more people were confirmed dead on July 11 following torrential rains in southwestern Japan, bringing the death toll to seven, a tally by Kyodo News showed.

On Monday, officials said that two people in Japan have died as heavy rains have caused mudslides, road closures, and even water supply cuts in certain areas.

Six people are feared dead in torrential rains that hit southwest Japan this week, the country's government said Tuesday, as search and rescue operations continued on the ground.