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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Kyoto News Brutal Summer Heat Settles Over Japan

熱中症の救急搬送8600人超今夏最多、前週の1・5倍に 

A killer heatwave has settled over Honshu Island, Japan's main land mass.

Between July 23 - 29, or one week, 8,386 people in Japan have been hospitalized for heat-related illness.

That is 1.5 times the number from the previous week.

In this one week, 16 people died from heat. 163 have been diagnosed with serious illness.

42.8% of those hospitalized are over 65 years old.

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