A family member of a torch relay runner wearing a protective mask uses a portable electric fan to cool down as she attends a torch kiss event during Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay celebration at Shinagawa Central Park in Tokyo, Japan, July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Many of the world's top athletes will suffer along with Tokyoites in the "ridiculous" heat of Japan's high summer, as the Olympic Games start this week in sweltering temperatures, posing an added burden for all the visiting participants.
Japan's weather bureau issued heat-stroke alerts for a fifth consecutive day on Wednesday. The temperature in the capital, now in the throes of another hot and humid summer https://graphics.reuters.com/OLYMPICS-2020/SUMMER-HEAT/bdwvkogrzvm/index.html, was 33.1 degrees Celsius as of 3:00 p.m.
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