The Weather in Japan is a 2000 book of poetry composed by Irish poet Michael Longley and published by Wake Forest University Press in 2000.

[2] The Weather in Japan is a collection of poems dealing with the malicious battles of the United States pre-Civil War, WWI, and the Holocaust of WWII.

Like his other poetry, The Weather in Japan contains short lyrical poems, with an image, observation, or personal reflection.

[4] According to Wesley McNair's review in the Colby Quarterly, this book of poetry strongly displays Longley's concern towards the cultural differences in his country—Ireland.

In McNair's words, "For a writer who believes as Longley does in the value of multiculturalism in Irish society, the artist who creates by bringing together different resources is an important model, demonstrating in his work that by embracing diversity, new orders can be found.