Timeline for August 2019

A board warning against heatstroke shows the record temperature of 40.8 degrees in Tainai, Niigata Prefecture, set in August 2018. The written-in temperature of 40.7 degrees for August 15, 2019, is the highest in Japan for 2019 so far. Picture taken at Nakajō Station on the same day. (© Jiji)

The obverse (top) and reverse of the 2020 Paralympic medals. (© Jiji)

Flooding of Kitagata Station (at front), paddy fields, and residential areas in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, on August 28, 2019. (© Jiji)