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

Japan's Meteorological Agency has introduced a new term to describe days with temperatures reaching 40C or above. The term, kokushobi, translates to "cruelly hot", "brutally hot" or "severely hot" day. It emerged as the most popular choice in a national online survey, where people picked their favourite term among 13 options to describe the hottest day