The heat increase caused by climate change has worsened the urban heat environment and
damaged human health, which has led to heat-related mortality. One of the most important …

This study analyzed the spread and decay durations of the COVID-19 pandemic in different
prefectures of Japan. During the pandemic, affordable healthcare was widely available in …

Extreme heat events have raised public concerns due to their severe adverse effects on both
natural and human systems, particularly in urban areas, where they interact with urban heat …

This study aims to develop and validate prediction models for the number of all heatstroke
cases, and heatstrokes of hospital admission and death cases per city per 12 h, using …

Due to global climate change, the frequency and intensity of heat-related disasters in cities
are continuously increasing. Intraurban heat vulnerability may vary according to the spatial …

Background Climate change, as a defining issue of the current time, is causing severe heat-
related illness in the context of extremely hot weather conditions. In Japan, the remarkable …

Heatstroke is a serious health concern in Japan. To reduce heatstroke risk, the government
of Japan implemented the “Heatstroke Alert” nationwide in 2021, employing the wet bulb …

To reduce heatstroke cases, the Japanese government launched'Heatstroke Alert'in 2020. In
this initiative, an alert is issued when the daily maximum wet bulb globe temperature …

Aim Heat‐related illness is common, but its epidemiology and pathological mechanism
remain unclear. The aim of this study was to report current clinical characteristics, prognostic …

Climate scenario data set are indispensable for assessing future climate impacts. In this
study, we developed statistically downscaled climate scenarios in Japan using modified bias …