so, here in the north of tokyo, they ve opened a cooling down centre, where i find 86 year old kiyoji saito taking refuge from the heat and playing japanese chess. i m overwhelmed by the heat, he says. coming here to cool down is really important. i don t want to use the air con at home, but we ve been told if we don t, we could die. four years ago, another heatwave killed scores of elderly people and put 20,000 in hospital. this one is expected to break on sunday, and for millions of people across japan, it won t come a moment too soon. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. tennis now, and it was a rainy day four at wimbledon, where rafael nadal is through to round three our sports correspondent chetan pathak was watching the action.
from the heat and playing japanese chess. i m overwhelmed by the heat, he says. coming here to cool down is really important. i don t want to use the air con at home, but we ve been told if we don t, we could die. four years ago, another heatwave killed scores of elderly people and put 20,000 in hospital. this one is expected to break on sunday, and for millions of people across japan, it won t come a moment too soon. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. tennis now, and it was a rainy day four at wimbledon, where rafael nadal is through to round three. chethan partik was watching the action.
over the past 100 years, the average temperature forjapan has risen by about one degree, which is more than a world record. for tokyo, it was like three degrees higher, so temperatures have been rising. so, definitely, climate change is part of the reason. the increasingly frequent heatwaves are particularly dangerous for old people, of which japan has many. so, here in the north of tokyo, they ve opened a cooling down centre, where i find 86 year old kiyoji saito taking refuge from the heat and playing japanese chess. i m overwhelmed by the heat, he says. coming here to cool down is really important. i don t want to use the air con at home, but we ve been told if we don t, we could die. four years ago, another heatwave killed scores of elderly people and put 20,000 in hospital.
japanese chess. i m overwhelmed by the heat, he says. coming here to cool down is really important. i don t want to use the air con at home, but we ve been told if we don t, we could die. four years ago, another heatwave killed scores of elderly people and put 20,000 in hospital. this one is expected to break on sunday, and for millions of people across japan, it won t come a moment too soon. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. finally, the scorcher that gets you thinking commands a high price. a bronze cast of the thinker by french sculptor rodin sold on thursday for almost $10 million. there are only 30 casts of this culture
and more dangerous. over the past 100 years, the average temperature for japan has risen by about one degree, which is more than a world record. for tokyo, it was like three degrees higher, so temperatures have been rising. so, definitely, climate change is part of the reason. the increasingly frequent heatwaves are particularly dangerous for old people, of which japan has many. so, here in the north of tokyo, they ve opening a cooling down centre, where i find 86 year old kiyoji taking refuge from the heat and playing japanese chess. i m overwhelmed by the heat, he says. coming here to cool down is really important. i don t want to use the air con at home, but we ve been told if we don t, we could die. four years ago, another heatwave killed scores of elderly people and put 20,000 in hospital. this one is expected to break