The Bureaucrats' Summer “It's Too Hot to Become a Job” Situation in Kasumigaseki Where the Air Conditioning Can't Be Turned Down: Asahi Shimbun Digital

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The Bureaucrats' Summer “It's Too Hot to Become a Job” Situation in Kasumigaseki Where the Air Conditioning Can't Be Turned Down: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Kasumigaseki is “hot.” There are screams from the staff saying, “It's not going to be a job.” Amid a succession of intense heat days of 35 degrees or higher, at the central ministry and government building in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, which was set to “room temperature 28 degrees” as a measure against global warming, frequent adjustments of air conditioning etc. throughout the building are made...