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World News@quokk.au · 2 days ago

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

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

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World News@quokk.au · 2 days ago

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

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Missed opportunity to name it after automanufacturers.

Especially given Toyota’s lobbying against fuel efficiency standards.
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  We can call it Toyotathon days or happy Honda days!
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    🎶 Olé, olé! Olé, olé! Toyota’s hot hot hot! 🎶

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