Automakers to add alerts to prevent child deaths from heat stroke
Automakers pledged to equip nearly all new cars with reminders to check the rear seats for children, a move that one safety advocate says doesn't go far enough to prevent dozens of children who die each year from heatstroke after being left in vehicles. Under ...
Japan nears record number of hospitalizations for heat-related issues
More than 57,000 people were taken to the hospital over the last three months due to the nationwide heat wave, government data showed Tuesday, with the figure likely to reach a record high for the year. A total of 57,534 cases of heat exhaustion and ...
Tochigi toddler dies after forgetful father leaves him in hot car all day
A 2-year-old boy in Tochigi Prefecture died after his father forgot to drop him off at day care, leaving him in the car for more than eight hours.
After days of high temperatures, three elderly sisters found dead in same Tokyo house
Three sisters in their 80s and 90s were found dead Saturday in a house in Tokyo apparently due to heat stroke or heat exhaustion, police said. The three lived together in the house with an air-conditioner in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, but they told relatives they ...
Record-high temperatures this summer caused at least 87 deaths from heat-related maladies and record-breaking downpours that triggered landslides across the country. According to the Meteorological Agency, temperatures from Kyushu to the Kanto-Koshin region began climbing between July 6 and 8, when the rainy season ended ...
Two lightning strikes left a man dead and a woman injured Monday as the sudden departure of the rainy season and a high-pressure system from the Pacific sent temperatures soaring in much of the nation. In Tokyo, three men in their 50s and 60s were ...
