Japan installs street-side cooling booths as summer heat tops 40°C

Japan has introduced street-side cooling booths — essentially refrigerated cabins — to help pedestrians cope with extreme summer heat exceeding 40°C. Heatstroke hospitalisations have been rising sharply, prompting officials to introduce new official terminology for the most dangerous hot days. Fans and small air-conditioning units in open spaces have proven inadequate, driving the search for new public cooling solutions.

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