Four fatalities reported amidst Japan's escalating temperature crisis prompting nationwide warnings for extreme heat-related conditions.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has raised a heatstroke alert for 26 out of the nation's 47 prefectures due to an unrelenting heatwave with temperatures soaring past the threshold of 40C in some regions, such as Shizuoka, where it marked its highest reading since records began in 1940. The
