Rainy season begins in Tokyo

The rainy season has started in Tokyo and the southern Tohoku region.

The Meteorological Agency announced on Monday that a front near Japan's southern coast is bringing seasonal rains to the Kanto-Koshin area, which includes the capital, and to part of northeastern Japan.

The start of the rainy season comes to Tokyo 11 days later than last year and 6 days later than average.

Western and central Japan has already entered the rainy season. This leaves only northern Tohoku still waiting for its annual installment of persistent rain. The main island of Hokkaido in northern Japan does not have a rainy season.