Heat-related hospital cases reach record high in Tokyo
A woman uses an umbrella to shelter from the sun in Tokyo.
Tokyo recorded on July 22 the most daily heat-related hospitalizations since 2010, emergency services said, as Japan sweltered in a severe heat wave, with one person dead and four in a critical condition.
The Tokyo Fire Department said 453 people were taken to hospital on July 22, the highest daily count since records began in 2010.
The number of times emergency services were deployed that day also hit a 63-year high.
