Japan Archives - Climate Attribution

Historical Increase in Hourly Heavy Precipitation Across Japan and Its Attribution to Anthropogenic Climate Warming

Published:May 2026

Author(s):Tomonori Sato, Kosuke Nagahiro, Kazuya Wakao

Publisher:Royal Meteorological Society - Atmospheric Science Letters

This peer-reviewed article demonstrates how anthropogenic climate warming has increasingly altered thermodynamic atmospheric environments, increasing the likelihood of extreme hourly heavy precipitation events in Japan.Read More →

Evaluation of tornadic environments and their trends and projected changes in Japan

Published:November 2023

Author(s):Sho Kawazoe, Masaru Inatsu, Mikiko Fujita, Shiori Sugimoto, Yasuko Okada, Shingo Watanabe

Publisher:NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science

This peer-reviewed study examines environmental conditions associated with tornados in Japan, and concludes that climate change will result in Japan facing more days with F2+ tornado potential.Read More →

Localized Strong Warming and Humidification Over Winter Japan Tied to Sea Ice Retreat

Published:June 2023

Author(s):K. Tamura, T. Sato

Publisher:Geophysical Research Letters

This peer-reviewed study uses temperature data in Japan, sorted by atmospheric pressure, to identify a strong warming pattern over Japan during winter months, linked to decreases in sea ice in the Sea of OkhotskRead More →

Heat Waves Can Cause Hypoxia in Shallow Lakes

Published:April 2023

Author(s):Ryuichiro Shinohara, Shin-Ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Mirai Watanabe, Megumi Nakagawa, Hajime Yoshida, Ayato Kohzu

Publisher:Geophysical Research Letters

This peer-reviewed study examines the factors that might induce hypoxia in a shallow lake during a heat wave, and suggests that the slackening of terrestrial wind speeds in response to climate change will lead to more frequent occurrences of hypoxia.Read More →

The role of human-induced climate change in heavy rainfall events such as the one associated with Typhoon Hagibis

Published:May 2022

Author(s):Sihan Li & Friederike E. L. Otto

Publisher:Climatic Change

This study estimates that roughly $4 billion of the damages due to the extreme heavy rainfall associated with Typhoon Hagibis are due to human-induced climate change.Read More →

Human influence increases the likelihood of extremely early cherry tree flowering in Kyoto

Published:May 2022

Author(s):Nikolaos Christidis, Yasuyuki Aono, and Peter A Stott

Publisher:Environmental Research Letters

This study assesses the impact of climate change on cherry blossom flowering. Read More →

Air Quality Life Index Annual Update

Published:September 2021

Author(s):Ken Lee and Michael Greenstone

Publisher:Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago

Assessing the health impacts of air pollution, with a section on how climate change is exacerbating air pollution.Read More →

Visualization of the seasonal shift of a variety of airborne pollens in western Tokyo

Published:May 2021

Author(s):Jun Uetake, Yutaka Tobo, Satoshi Kobayashi, Keisuke Tanaka, Satoru Watanabe, Paul J. DeMott, Sonia M. Kreidenweis

Publisher:Elsevier

This study applies an eDNA approach to the airborne pollen communities in the suburbs of the Tokyo metropolitan area in Japan.Read More →

Distributive Fairness: A Mutual Recognition Approach

Published:August 2015

Author(s):Arild Underdal, Taoyuan Wei

Publisher:Environmental Science and Policy

This article "translates" the UNFCCC principles of responsibilities and capabilities into 15 allocation schemes and explores the implications of these schemes for the mitigation obligations and costs of seven potentially pivotal actors. Read More →