US EditionJapan issues multiple heat alerts amid soaring temperatures
- Senior citizens accounted for more than 80% of heat-related deaths in Japan over the past five years.
- Some Tokyo residents wore heat-repellent clothing to beat the high temperatures, such as 73-year-old Junko Kobayashi who showed her cooling scarf.
- The hot weather was headline news in Japan, which experienced its joint warmest summer ever in 2022 as climate change fuelled extreme heatwaves globally.
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Extreme weather such as extreme heat, heavy rain, and heavy snowfall frequently occur in Japan. The Extreme Weather Attribution Center (WAC) has been established to disseminate information on the extent to which global warming is contributing to these extreme weather events. Established in May by researchers from the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University…
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