The Japanese are incapable of telling the truth. Telling "stories" is in their DNA

From their bid to host Expo 2025 in Osaka:

In its bid dossier, Osaka wrote: “The warm climate from the month of May to October will ensure visitors feel comfortable, as the average monthly temperature during this six month period ranges between 19 and 28.8 degrees Celsius, with few daily fluctuations.”

Be careful of concluding from the above that Osaka’s heat will not be an issue during the worst of the summer months. That’s because specific data on temperatures during daylight hours, when most people are likely to visit, was not included in the bid dossier. August 2019, which was cooler than the average August temperatures, saw daily highs of above 30 degrees and 16 days when the thermometer reached 34 degrees or higher. Humidity levels in August ranged between 65 and 90 percent. Six of the first 10 days of September 2019 in Osaka saw daytime highs of at least 34 degrees, with humidity levels ranging between 67 and 83 percent.

Brown envelopes stuffed with cash is another Japanese speciality, by the way. Bribery in Japan is endemic. It’s how the bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics was secured. Sad state of affairs.