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WAVES

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2022
Power shortage averted amid record June heat for Tokyo
Temperatures of around 40 degrees Celsius were recorded on the sixth day of a heat wave that began after the earliest end to the capital's rainy season in decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2022
Residents urged to save power as Tokyo heat wave reaches peak
The capital has avoided blackouts as residents and industries have responded to calls to curb power use, and after the nation's grid manager ordered other regions to share supply.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2022
Japan's weekly number of heatstroke victims hits record for June
The figure reached 4,551 in the week through Sunday, up 3.4 times from the previous week, the agency said Tuesday. Four of the victims died.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2022
Tokyo power crunch eases as Japan renews call to save energy
While electricity supply in the capital isn't expected to be as tight as Monday, the country's government extended an advisory for Tokyo that calls for conservation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2022
Tokyo braces for power crunch as rainy season finishes earliest ever in Kanto
The government has appealed to Tokyo residents to limit power use, with the unusually hot weather expected to boost demand for cooling.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2022
Despite official nudges, Japanese still not unmasking outside
Amid a brutal heatwave, the government is urging people to shed their masks when outside, but peer pressure still prevails for now.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2022
Japan issues first 'energy shortage warning' amid soaring temperatures
The Tokyo area was expected to suffer a shortage Monday afternoon as temperatures in the Kanto region were likely to remain high.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2022
Japan records hottest June day ever amid energy squeeze
The mercury rose to 40.2 degrees Celsius in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, as the Kanto region was gripped by intense heat.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jun 25, 2022
What is causing record floods and heat waves in China?
Authorities have issued extreme weather warnings in multiple regions, while experts warned that these phenomena were more evidence of the impact of climate change.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2022
Temperatures in Greater Tokyo area forecast to top 35 C this weekend
With sunny weather and high temperatures forecast for next week, some meteorologists are wondering if the rainy season will end exceptionally early this year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2022
In hottest city on Earth, mothers bear brunt of climate change
Pregnant women exposed to heat for prolonged periods of time have a higher risk of suffering complications, an analysis of 70 studies conducted since the mid-1990s on the issue found.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022
From Dhaka to Freetown, climate migration puts cities on alert
Climate change could prompt 216 million people to move within their countries by mid-century, including 86 million in sub-Saharan Africa alone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 9, 2022
Indian workers suffer as heat waves turn factories into 'furnaces'
Many Indian cities recorded their highest average temperatures this summer, breaching century-old records, with multiple heat wave alerts announced by local administrations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 31, 2022
Japan set for scorching summer with above-average temperatures predicted
The weather agency has said there is a 50% probability of above-normal temperatures in northern and eastern Japan from June to August.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 30, 2022
The world isn’t spending enough to prevent disasters, U.N. says
Of the $133 billion in available disaster-related financing in 2010 to 2019, only 4% went to reducing risks with the rest being spent on more costly post-calamity responses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2022
Millions at risk as India's severe heat wave exposes cooling gaps
Almost 323 million people across India are at high risk from extreme heat and a lack of cooling mechanisms such as fans and refrigerators.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 23, 2022
A hot, deadly summer with frequent blackouts is coming
Energy supplies are so fragile that there just won't be enough to go around, and power cuts will put lives at risk when there are no fans or air conditioners to provide relief.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 20, 2022
India's power grid creaks under hybrid work model and heat wave
The country has traditionally seen peak demand late in the evening when people head back home but that has shifted to mid-afternoon when temperatures are hottest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 16, 2022
Poor workers bear the brunt of India's heat wave
For construction worker Yogendra Tundre, life at a building site on the outskirts of New Delhi is hard enough. This year, record high temperatures are making it unbearable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 15, 2022
What it’s like to live through India’s nonstop heat wave
Extreme heat has afflicted India since March, where temperatures in a region home to over 1 billion people broke a 122-year record.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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