{
  "id": 16570206,
  "title": "Cooler than Tokyo: Sendai named Japan’s most comfortable city amid record heat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/cooler-than-tokyo-sendai-named-japans-most-comfortable-city-amid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T06:05:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3372132/cooler-tokyo-sendai-named-japans-most-comfortable-city-amid-record-heat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As days of dangerous heat become more frequent in Japan, Sendai has emerged as the most comfortable city, with a climate that is “not too hot and not too cold”. The Miyagi prefectural capital, about 300km (186 miles) from Tokyo, has the best weather, according to the Asahi newspaper, with the lowest number of midsummer and midwinter days among 11 major cities in the nation. Citing Japan…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}