Climate change is no conspiracy theory, and Japan's weather proves it. Record-shattering rainfall of 367 mm in 24 hours, sewers backing up, and level 4 danger alerts show that the old faith in flood-proof cities no longer holds, while extreme downpours have grown roughly 1.5 to 1.8 times more frequent over the past four decades. The only responsible choice is to adapt to this more extreme era and take steps to stop it getting any worse.
Blaming every violent storm on warming ignores what typhoon records actually show. Counts of storms forming, approaching and striking Japan peaked between 1951 and 1970 and have declined since 2001; there is no meaningful change in average minimum pressure, no rise in super typhoons and no lengthening of the season.
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