1. Authorities have confirmed that dozens of people who died during June and July in the main 23 wards of Tokyo are suspected to have died from heatstroke. The Tokyo Metropolitan Medical Examiner’s Office released preliminary figures on Monday. Officials say 56 people are believed to have died from heat-related causes between June 16 and end of July. More than two-thirds of them were found to have refrained from using air condition, despite having such systems installed.
2. A police investigation suggests that the four workers who died after falling into a manhole in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, succumbed to hydrogen sulfide poisoning and asphyxiation. The male workers, all in their 50s, were inspecting a sewage pipe in Gyoda city on Saturday. Police say the believe one of them fell in first, and the rest followed while trying to recue him. All of them were later confirmed dead.
3. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says he will do all he can to urge US President Donald Trump to quickly sign an executive order to cut auto tariffs, following last month’s agreement between the two countries.