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  • Spotted in the BBC news.,

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

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

    April 18, 2026