As sweltering temperatures sweep across Japan and increasing heat-related illnesses are reported, a new app has been released to assess the severity of heatstroke and allow emergency authorities to ...

Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday that 10,857 people were transported to hospitals by ambulance for heatstroke in Japan in the week through Sunday, up 2.4 times from the ...

Dangerously high temperatures in Japan have sent more than 10,000 people to hospitals for heatstroke in a single week, more than double the same period last year. Some 10,857 people were transported ...

A woman was injured Sunday afternoon when part of the ceiling collapsed at Arigato Japanese Steak and Seafood House in ...

The term was introduced in April by the weather agency to describe days when temperatures reach 40C.

With the summer season in full swing, there is no end to people suffering from heatstroke. It is important not to be overconfident — thinking, “I’m healthy, so I’ll be fine” — but to take sufficient ...

One died and 453 people were transported by ambulance due to heatstroke in Tokyo on July 22, as the capital endured ...

Japan sizzles in first 'brutally hot' days of the year Japan sizzled under sweltering, life-threatening heat on Wednesday, with temperatures expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) ...

Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a partnership between the Government of Japan and the World Bank, initially created to alleviate the social and economic distress caused by the East Asian ...

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Japan is not only a land of temples and shrines ... but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades that ...

International coffee chain Starbucks may be big around the globe, but in Japan, it has developed a cult-like following. Since opening its first outlet in Ginza more than two decades ago in 1996, the ...