Man dies of heatstroke in east Japan while working at store without running A/C - eviltoast

UTSUNOMIYA – The Tochigi Labor Bureau announced on July 24 the work-related death of a man due to heatstroke, the first of its kind in the eastern Japan prefecture in eight years.

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    1 year ago

    Electric rates have kept going up and up, so that could be a factor in not turning it on (or not being allowed to).

    The article also doesn’t say that it was actually in working condition; it may have been broken.