{"id":167667,"date":"2024-12-10T14:15:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T05:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167667&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-12-10T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T05:15:23","slug":"severe-cold-wave-expected-across-japan-over-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/severe-cold-wave-expected-across-japan-over-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Cold Wave Expected Across Japan Over the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan is set to experience extreme cold from Christmas through New Year\u2019s, according to the latest monthly forecast by the Meteorological Agency. Temperatures are predicted to remain below average nationwide, with a strong cold air mass moving southward. The \u201cextreme cold\u201d aligns with the seasonal transition marked by \u201cDaikan,\u201d the December 7 solar term, which heralds snow and frosty days. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.data.jma.go.jp\/cpd\/longfcst\/kaisetsu\/?region=010900&amp;term=P1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan Meteorological Agency<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167658\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_tenjin-winter-night_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Severe Cold Wave Expected Across Japan Over the Holidays\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_tenjin-winter-night_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_tenjin-winter-night_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_tenjin-winter-night_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_tenjin-winter-night_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan is set to experience extreme cold from Christmas through New Year\u2019s, according to the latest monthly forecast by the Meteorological Agency&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167667","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}