{
  "id": 2396917,
  "title": "Deadly daytime heat turns Japanese farmers nocturnal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/deadly-daytime-heat-turns-japanese-farmers-nocturnal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:25:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260821-deadly-daytime-heat-turns-japanese-farmers-nocturnal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japan's farmers are opting for more nocturnal schedules as daytime summer heat makes working conditions dangerous. North of Tokyo, Motoaki Iijima harvests flowers in his illuminated greenhouse long after sunset. The farmer was pushed to make a dramatic change after a worker suffered heatstroke picking sunflowers in the greenhouse three summers prior. A few towns away, poultry farmer Tetsuya Usuba…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}