National Aug 31, 2020
Japan starts free parasol lending service as heatstroke risk surges
On days expected to have a high risk, residents can borrow the umbrellas from one of about 450 stations.
National / Science & Health Aug 26, 2020
The total dropped sharply from the same period last year, apparently because temperatures were relatively low this year.
National Aug 22, 2020
Scorching Japan heat wave poses challenge to virus-hit medical system
Medical workers worry the similarity between COVID-19 and heat-related maladies may put extra pressure on a system already strained by the coronavirus pandemic.
National Aug 14, 2019
Extreme heat in Japan leaves 23 dead, 12,751 hospitalized in one week
Deaths were recorded in 20 prefectures outside the capital, while Tokyo had the highest number of people sent to hospitals at 1,465, followed by Saitama and Osaka prefectures.
More Sports Aug 11, 2019
Rowers at Olympic test event treated for heatstroke symptoms
A number of athletes at the world rowing junior championships, a test event for next year's Tokyo Olympics, received treatment Sunday after displaying symptoms of heatstroke. As temperatures reached 34 degrees Celsius around Olympic rowing venue Sea Forest Waterway, a British men's rower was unable ...
National / Media | Japan Pulse Aug 10, 2019
Heated debate boils over on social media as mercury soars in Japan
by Patrick St. Michel
Talking to others about the weather has always been a quick and easy conversation topic. The same goes for social media users and online news outlets in Japan, which love to discuss meteorological issues. The arrival of intense summer heat in recent weeks has ...
National Aug 9, 2019
Heatstroke suspected in death of worker at Tokyo Olympics construction site
A worker at a Tokyo Olympics construction site was found unconscious Thursday and was later confirmed dead at a hospital, the Tokyo Organizing Committee said, with police saying heatstroke may have been the cause. Soaring temperatures have killed at least 57 people across the country ...
National Jul 30, 2019
11 dead and 5,600 people sent to hospitals in Japan due to heat-related issues
The number of people sent to hospitals nationwide nearly tripled from 1,948 in the preceding week amid high temperatures.
National Jul 29, 2019
Rainy season ends in Japan's Kanto-Koshin region, giving way to intense heat
by Hinano Kobayashi
The annual milestone came 30 days later than last year, and temperatures will likely start rising to dangerous highs.
Business Aug 22, 2018
Shipments of air conditioners in Japan hit a record high in July amid heat wave
Shipments of air conditioners in Japan hit a record high in July, an industry body said Wednesday, due to brisk demand as an unprecedented heat wave swept over the country. The volume of shipments last month rose 10.9 percent from the previous year to 1,763,000 ...
National | Regional voices: Chubu Aug 13, 2018
Tweet requests public understanding for ambulance crews' need to hydrate
Amid a sharp rise in ambulance dispatches caused by this summer's deadly heat waves, a Twitter post by the Nagoya Municipal Fire Department is attracting attention for asking the public to show patience with the ambulance crews' convenience store breaks. On July 26, the department's ...
National Aug 6, 2018
The heatstroke death toll has topped 100 in Tokyo's 23 wards this year for the first time in three years, officials at the metropolitan government's medical examiners' office said Monday. A total of 105 people, aged in their 40s to 90s, died from heatstroke in ...