What is 'kokushobi'? Japan's new word for extreme heat after soaring temperatures kill lions and overwhelm hospitals
- It's so hot in Japan that the country invented a word for it, really.
- Deadly heat waves have transformed a major part of the world into a plot of a sci-fi movie where people are cooping up at homes and fighting for air conditioners at marts.
- Large parts of East Asia have been gripped in a deadly heat wave, bringing the hottest temperature on record in South Korea and complicating earthquake recovery efforts in Japan.
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- It's so hot in Japan that the country invented a word for it, really.
- Deadly heat waves have transformed a major part of the world into a plot of a sci-fi movie where people are cooping up at homes and fighting for air conditioners at marts.
- Large parts of East Asia have been gripped in a deadly heat wave, bringing the hottest temperature on record in South Korea and complicating earthquake recovery efforts in Japan.
Sources: Times of India