Leaflets for Foreigners to Precaution Heat Stroke

Since May this year the temperature in Tokyo rose to 30 degrees. So Metropolitan office handed out leaflets for foreigners living the city.

The leaflet was prepared by the Japan Weather Association since the population of tourists that visit the country is increasing. The contents of the leaflet include the treatment of a heat stroke and how to call the ambulance. It is all written in English for the foreigners to understand.

An officer from the Japan Weather Association stated that a probation is not enough yet for foreigners. It is predicted that on the year 2020 when the Olympics will be held in Tokyo that there will be a rise in the number of foreigners that would visit the country. Some foreigners said that Japanese summer is much more uncomfortable even they come from a country that is hot like Egypt. He had experienced that he nearly was going to collapse due to the heat as he was taking the city train.

Some foreigners might forget to increase their liquid intake especially since its summer. According to the Japan Weather Association more than seventy percent of the foreigners living in the country have experienced stroke caused by the heat.

When asked a question regarding the comfort of summer, sixty percent answered that summertime in Japan is more uncomfortable then that in their homeland. The said organizationJapan Weather Association mentioned that summer in their country is not only hot but humid as well. So has caused foreigners an uncomfortable stay.

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