Heatstroke risk won't stop Japan's aging farmers as temperatures soar

True heroes.

They go out in all weathers to grow the food for the people.

In spite of what the former Shizuoka governor sad........these people are the salt of the earth.

Summer is hot. Some are hotter than others. Some are a bit longer or shorter. Sometimes we have tornadoes and typhoons, sometimes not. Some years it rains more and in others less.

Heatstroke can be prevented by taking sensible precautions. Like keeping hydrated, taking electrolytes, wearing wide-brimmed hats and taking occasional breaks out of the sun.

As if they have a choice

"Record high temperatures and sweltering weather that suffocated Japan this summer "

Brownie points for extreme hyperbole.

Hardly hit 37 in most of Kanto on a day or 2 and enough to suffocate?

Hmmmmm. Lol

And last year wasn't hot, right?

In fact, I remember every summer to have been scorching over the years. What did the farmers do then, then? (That was also rhetorical question, btw).

I think you will find is not that most people think clinate change doesn't happen. As it has for millenia.

See: ice age or polar shifts.

However, the grift (or hoax) is in the proposed taxes and methods in which to "save the planet"

The solar disc has the most to do with climate change on our Earth.

Humans do have some contribution of course but we give ourselves too much credit in lieu of the Sun as per the extent.

It's glaringly obvious.

Pun intended.

If they dont work they will die slowly from poverty

Otsukare.

Hardly hit 37 in most of Kanto on a day or 2 and enough to suffocate?

Do you work all day in an open field?

If you ate today, thank a farmer!

I probably had 100 of heatstroke in Texas,your body adjust only thing you can do is hydrate

All the over 65 farmers deserve to retire from day to day field work, and at the very most ve the “boss” that can teach and mentor the younger farmers… even better, after 40-50 years of farming, they deserve their retirement way more than a desk jockey in Kasumigaseki.

But almost no young person these days, in most first world countries have zero interest in being a farmer.

Huge problem is starting already with lack of farmers in Japan. Next 10-15 years 50% or more of them will most probably pass away just not be able

to physically be a farmer.

Lol. Climate change scientists aren't telling old people (or anyone else) not use their AC. Why do you believe this?

The other interesting thing about the climate alarmist folks is how incredibly sanctimonious they are. They don't care a whit about the effects of their propaganda on, for instance, the elderly, the very young, those of poor mental acuity, those who have to spend hours listening to their virtue signalling, and so on. As long as they get to peddle their conspiracy theories and pick random quotes from the internet (probably after googling "how to lecture as a climate change alarmist" or something), they'll feel warm and fuzzy inside and give themselves a big pat on the back thinking they've saved the planet.

What a life that must be.

2 Year OldToday 08:02 pm JST

All the over 65 farmers deserve to retire from day to day field work, and at the very most ve the “boss” that can teach and mentor the younger farmers… even better, after 40-50 years of farming, they deserve their retirement way more than a desk jockey in Kasumigaseki.

Don't forget the huge payouts, sorry, subsidies they get for the work they do- It's not all for nothing.

Some might be quite miffed to know your opinion on the matter. Did it ever occur to you that some do it because they want to keep going?

Pac-PersonToday 09:45 pm JST

Medical professional refer to it as heat exposure not heatstroke.

No they don't. Heat exposure is the cause of AHI (acute heat illness), and the official descriptor for that is indeed "heatstroke" or "sunstroke". See ICD-10-CM diagnosis code T67.0 ff.

Heatstroke 「熱中症、熱射病」and sunstroke 「日射病」though related, are two very different things.

You don't necessarily need high temperatures for sunstroke.

Pac-PersonToday 10:00 pm JST

Heatstroke 「熱中症、熱射病」and sunstroke 「日射病」though related, are two very different things.

They are two names for the same condition, that's why they share an ICD code. Seriously guys, where are you getting your medical information from? This isn't even that hard to google.

Heatstroke was a very common condition for miners in the past- Not sunstroke, hence an example of the two different conditions.

At what point to the crops give up from the heat ? Not going to be fun when that happens.

Nice to see the gentlemen in the photo wearing a shirt. But black ? What is it with Japanese and dark colors in summer ? If you’re in the sun, wear white, loose, breathable clothes. Less bugs, less chance of suzunibachi attack, etc. I saw a grandma in the fields recently. She had a quilted shirt on, tracksuit pants, black, and black boots ? You’re going to be hot in that , even in 1979.

This seems to be an issue that could call for a few volunteers to help out. Food is an addiction. Take it from me, I need a fix or two every day. A few people volunteering to save their own food doesn't seem too much to ask. These old timers are trying. Many of them can't do it alone very well, Beats complaining about it.

obviously there’s a market for imitation rice made in big vats in factories. gmo soybeans, food color, a variety of chemicals to bind and shape it and keep it from spoiling.

something to look forward to.

This is an over sea generated climate alarmist propaganda by Reuters which no Japanese publication has done there own article on. Heatstroke/sunstroke is genetic term used by laymans. Exposure Is the medical term. So many hole in this Propaganda. 65 and over. Show me a Japanese person over 65 that dose not have a heath problem like old age and like heart decease etc.

Man, I truly salute people like him. If they stop working, the rest of us go hungry. Good on him for braving the elements. Let's just hope he has a trusty bottle of ice cold water at the ready and a phone with emergency services on speed dial.

This is an over sea generated climate alarmist propaganda by Reuters which no Japanese publication has done there own article on. 

What makes you come to the assertion that "no Japanese publication" has written an article on this issue? Do you read the Japanese press in Japanese?

Didn't think so.

Fighto. No but my partner is Japanese and I asked her and she could not find any article on this but only an article from 2022.

How many time I have tell you that I believe in climate change. I will predict that this summer where I live will be the hottest on record not by a couple points. I predict it will get as high as 48c this summer a good 1.5 c above the highest of 46.5c. This is cause by man. It is not nature.

I am not gullible. The corporate media as a agenda to push alarmist propaganda.

Sorry I don,t use AI to create my comments this can be evidence by my linguistic shortcomings. You see AI is not a heath professional can not distinguish genetic terms from medical academic terms. I can only say don't relay on AI Pac.