Preparations begin in earnest 5 years before start of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Preparations begin in earnest 5 years before start of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Around midnight in mid-July 2015, workers operate a machine to cover roads in central Tokyo with materials that can reduce the temperatures on the road surface by up to eight degrees Celsius. The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to apply the heat shields, a major weapon to combat the heat-island phenomenon, to roads used for the marathon course at the 2020 Olympic Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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