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TEMPERATURE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 14, 2019
Beating the heat at the Tokyo Olympics
Hosting the games will call on the best of Japanese expertise, innovation and imagination to bring out the best in the athletes competing in very challenging conditions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 25, 2018
As Japan endures record heat wave, large population of elderly at highest risk
When heat waves strike the nation, it is Japan's large population of elderly people who suffer the most — a situation that can only get worse as the society grays.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2016
In safety push, Nissan turns camera on hot car interiors
In a parked, unmanned car, the cap on a plastic soda bottle pops off and the cola fizzes out. A plastic toy puppy sags and topples over. A chocolate bar and gummy candies melt into slime.
LIFE / Language / THE BUZZ
Feb 8, 2014
Frost quake
A frost quake (shimo jishin, or 霜地震) is produced when soil or groundwater that has become saturated with water after a period of heavy rainfall freezes and expands after a sharp drop in air temperature. The earth subsequently cracks, creating a loud popping sound that can sometimes feel like a...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2013
Shimanto strikes while the iron is hot
The city of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, which on Monday became Japan's hottest city with a record-setting temperature of 41.0 degrees, is now rushing to capitalize on its new title with a string of unique projects.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 17, 2013
Body fat sheds calories when chilled
Transforming fat cells into calorie-burning machines may sound like a fantasy — the ultimate form of weight control — but the idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2013
How do starfish keep cool when mercury rises? They shift heat to arms
Dogs pant. Humans sweat. But how do starfish keep from overheating?

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