Feeling the heat? Clothes with built-in fans in Japan might be the answer

Outfits come with small battery-operated fans which draw outside air into the users' clothes. - CHIKUMA_UNIFORM/INSTAGRAM

TOKYO (The Straits TImes/Asia News Network): Battery-powered, fan-equipped outfits once used by construction workers in Japan are now gaining popularity among the wider population, largely due to an unbearable summer heat.

At a recent exhibition in Tokyo, products and technologies to solve or mitigate heat-related problems were put on display, Japanese news outlet Mainichi Shimbun reported.