Reuters(@Reuters):As increasingly intense heatwaves turn Japanese summers into survival tests, farmers — from flower and asparagus growers to egg producers — are rewriting the agrarian clock. Once-busy midday hours are now avoided as a mortal threat, replaced by after dark work to protect crops, livestock and themselves

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2026.08.19 01:35

As increasingly intense heatwaves turn Japanese summers into survival tests, farmers — from flower and asparagus growers to egg producers — are rewriting the agrarian clock. Once-busy midday hours are now avoided as a mortal threat, replaced by after dark work to protect crops, livestock and themselves