

Hailstones “the size of chicken eggs” have fallen on southern China, killing 9 people and injuring a further 272 in unusually deadly weather even for China.
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Tokyo residents have been marvelling at “China quality” weather of their very own, with the annual toxic dust storms blowing in from China more spectacular than ever – although identifying it as such is apparently now too politically sensitive for the government.
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China’s great smog cloud is now poisoning Japan, causing pollution levels in parts of Japan to far exceed government limits and causing major health concerns.
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In addition to its usual earthquakes, tsunami, eruptions, storms, floods and fallout, Japan has also suffered an unusually damaging tornado, devastating the city of Tsukuba.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 3, 2012 06:13 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Fashion, Hatsune Miku, Image Gallery, K-ON!, Moe, Otaku, Touhou, Weather

Wet weather has prompted otaku to consider the merits of ita-umbrellas (“ita-kasa” or “ita-gasa”), which as their name suggests are umbrellas with anime designs, though as with other public displays of otaku identity there is some resistance.
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The landfall of Typhoon 12 (aka Tropical Cyclone Talas) has seen parts of Japan subject to severe flooding, with scenes of inundation reminiscent of the tsunami which devastated Fukushima earlier in the year – although at least this time there was fair warning and only two fatalities so far.
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As well as being the world’s largest dam, China’s magnificent Three Gorges Dam also appears to be functioning as the world’s largest garbage strainer.
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Ishikawa was recently witness to a strange weather recently: a rain of tadpoles with a chance of fish.
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When typhoons strike Japan, it is the schoolgirls who suffer, with the kinds of unfortunate images you see below being good examples. The other question which arises is why Japanese cameramen are apparently so effective at capturing these scenes; I have my suspicions…
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