Rain provides brief respite from heatwave in Japan

Kurumi MoriTokyo correspondent In Shibuya, the commercial heart of Tokyo, we saw storm clouds in the morning suddenly turn into a downpour as pedestrians took cover. It didn’t last long. Now blue skies are back in Shibuya. But it has eased some of the heat and made it a more bearable summer afternoon. Japan has been dealing with severe heat and humidity this summer. An unprecedented heatwave in late July prompted authorities to issue heatstroke alerts. Latest data show more than 52,000 people w