MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture A thrilling traditional summer festival here that features formidable equestrian skills will be held earlier in the year from 2024 after more than 80 people and 100-plus horses came down with heatstroke.
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Organisers of an annual horse festival in Japan where riders dressed as samurai re-enact battles said Tuesday they were considering changing dates for the gathering next year, after sunstroke affected 111 animals, killing two of them.At least 111 horses and dozens of people needed treatment for sunstroke at the Soma Nomaoi festival in Fukushima prefecture from July 29 to 31, after temperatures touched 35 degrees, the hottest in five years, organisers said.