Once again, daylight saving time is on the front burner — this time as a measure to cope with the anticipated intense daytime heat during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which will be held in the middle of the summer.
After the organizing committee for the Tokyo Games asked the government for legislative steps to move clocks forward by two hours during the summer season in time for the 2020 Olympics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed his Liberal Democratic Party to weigh the system, which was temporarily implemented in this country for four years more than six decades ago.
Used in roughly 70 countries around the world today, mainly in Europe and North America, daylight saving time has both benefits and problems.