TOKYO: Cases of heatstroke are likely to jump as temperatures surge this summer amid Japan’s first La Niña phenomenon in six years, according to the Meteorological Agency.

La Niña, a natural cooling of parts of the Pacific that alters global weather and generally brings hot days to Japan during the summer months, is likely to develop within the next two months.

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