enters the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry building in Tokyo for a hearing on falsified building data.

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry also questioned the architect, Hidetsugu Aneha, with an eye to revoking his first-class architect license.

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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
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A construction worker in Tokyo's Akasaka district on Aug. 21. With 886 cases, 54 of them fatal, during the period from 2019 to 2023, the construction industry leads Japan’s tally for occupational heatstroke.
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