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14 Dead, More Than 6,000 Hospitalized In Japan Heat Wave
At least 14 people died and 6,165 were hospitalized last week across Japan during a heat wave that has gripped the country for several weeks, officials said. In some areas, temperatures have reached the triple digits, dangerously hot for citizens in the country's aging population. Tatebayashi, in central Honshu's Gunma Prefecture, topped out at 100.8 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, said weather.com meteorologist Jon Erdman. It was the hottest location in Japan Wednesday.
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I was in Tokyo two years ago in August on business. First thing I noticed besides the crushing heat was a distinct lack of air conditioning in many of the offices where we were meeting. It was set to barely make it tolerable (about 80 degrees F) or not on at all because they were diverting all HVAC to cool the server rooms. Everyone had little sweat towels and the classic Japanese folding fans. I thought it was so cute and stereotypical my first day there - by then end of that day I was buying sweat towels and a fan for myself.
I saw one western businessman on the trains that didn't know what he was getting himself into. He had on a French blue dress shirt with no undershirt. It looked like someone splashed a bucket of water on him he was sweating so bad. I don't miss that at all.
Europe had one,India and Pakistan had one,now Japan.