It's official!
This year's summer, one of Japan's legendary four seasons, has been the hottest ever recorded!
The records go back to 1898, or Meiji 31 if you insist on the Japanese version. Of course we have no way of knowing if there were hotter summers before 1898, although I kinda suspect it was pretty hot when the dinosaurs were around.
Summer officially hottest on record
So ... is this just an anomaly, or proof of global warming?