Japan Saw Record Number Treated For Heatstroke in Hottest-Ever Summer (japantimes.co.jp)
- Reference: 0179625354
- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/02/0811215/japan-saw-record-number-treated-for-heatstroke-in-hottest-ever-summer
- Source link: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/science-health/japan-record-heat-stroke-2025/
> The number is the most on record, according to NHK. Transport to hospitals of patients linked to heatstroke over the period rose almost 3% to 100,143 from a year earlier as Japan saw its national temperature record broken twice in a matter of days. The country's average temperature during this summer was the highest since the statistic began being compiled in 1898, the nation's weather agency said last month.
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> Heat waves around the world are being made stronger and more deadly due to human-caused climate change. Government officials in August pledged to boost public health protections and encouraged the installation of more air conditioners in school gymnasiums and the use of cooling centers in communal spaces like libraries. New rules came into effect this summer that require employers to take adequate measures to protect workers from extreme temperatures.
[1] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/science-health/japan-record-heat-stroke-2025/
Maybe soon cold deaths won't outnumber heat 7:1? (Score:2, Troll)
TSIA.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling. News at 11.
How is that "climate change is going to make hurricanes more frequent" going? Or...didn't you guys change that to "more intense" now? How's that one going?
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> TSIA.
> The sky is falling, the sky is falling. News at 11.
> How is that "climate change is going to make hurricanes more frequent" going? Or...didn't you guys change that to "more intense" now? How's that one going?
The numbers speak for themselves. [1]https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo... [noaa.gov]
But hey if the increasing numbers hurt your brain we can always stop funding the agency that keeps track.
[1] https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/images/AtlanticStormTotalsTable.pdf
Buy! (Score:4, Funny)
Time to buy stock in Japanese air conditioner companies!
What are the top selling brands in Japan, Panasonic, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Toshiba???
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Daikin
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Daikin and Fujitsu too.
-1, Ragebait/Clickbait/Trollbait/SlowNewsDay story (Score:2)
It works, of course, because the stories with the highest comment count the past 3 years are consistently: climate change, energy generation/consumption (fossil v nuke v wind/geo), AI-yi-yi, and cryptocurrency.
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3% this, 3% next, 3%, the year after... suddenly it's almost 10% higher - but only slightly more than the previous, so again, you dismiss.
That's called a trend over time. little by little. Meanwhile, you frogs on a hotplate continue to deny reality.