Japan-ALSHARQIYA August 23: With the rise in temperatures, the demand for cooling clothes and accessories increases in Japan, such as jackets with small fans, shirts made of fabrics that enhance recovery, and even tubes placed around the collars to reduce body temperature ... The ideas are many, but the goal is the only one, which is confrontation Summer heat waves that ignite the country's atmosphere.
Japan, like many countries, faces the impact of global warming, and last July it recorded the highest temperature it has ever known in this month, when the temperature touched 40 degrees Celsius and was accompanied by high humidity, which caused about 36,000 people to be hospitalized and about 40 people to be hospitalized. Death according to the Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
These harsh climatic conditions prompted the Japanese to search for various solutions to the problem of heat, including the adoption of clothes and accessories that are equipped with cooling systems such as jackets attached to small fans installed in the lower back. For workers who work in hot weather.
The Workman company, which specializes in manufacturing work clothes, launched in 2020 a public version of its jacket with two fans, ranging in price from 82 to 165 USD, depending on the various models of the rechargeable batteries that were supplied with it. Another Japanese company, Chikuma, added small fans to the uniforms to be worn in workplaces that do not allow the adoption of informal clothing during working hours.
Among the new ideas to face the heat wave, MI Creations launched colored and iced tubes that are placed around the neck to cool the arteries of this region, which in turn affects hypothermia. The inner side of these tubes takes a pentagonal shape, which makes them fit all collar sizes. It contains a liquid that freezes when its temperature reaches 18 degrees Celsius, which ensures the maintenance of a constant and moderate temperature that gives refreshment to the body.
In this context as well, Liberta launched clothes made of materials with a refreshing effect that contain organic compounds that give a refreshing feeling when interacting with water or sweat. Through this invention, she was able to record a significant increase in her sales numbers. This prompted her to expand her field of work to implement nightwear and home clothes based on the same principle to face the heat waves that people suffer from at home.
While many consumers resort to new and innovative solutions to face the heat wave, some of them still prefer traditional solutions such as umbrellas.
The latter was an accessory usually preferred by women in Japan, but it has become popular among men as well, and its popularity is due to a recommendation by the Japanese Ministry of Environment issued in the year 2019 encouraging residents to use umbrellas to protect from heat and sunstrokes, which prompted umbrella manufacturers in Japan to expand their collections for men. .
