{"id":153998,"date":"2023-06-02T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=153998&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:22:08","slug":"heatstroke-hits-itoshima-high-school-23-hospitalized","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/heatstroke-hits-itoshima-high-school-23-hospitalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Heatstroke Hits Itoshima High School: 23 Hospitalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just before noon on the 1st, at a high school in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, 32 students reported feeling unwell while rehearsing for a sports festival. Of these, 23 were rushed to the hospital under suspicion of heatstroke. The incident occurred around 11:40 AM at Itoshima Agricultural High School located in Maebar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">u<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Nishi, Itoshima City. The local fire department received a distress call from the school reporting that students practicing for the sports festival were showing symptoms of heatstroke. Following this, the school suspended the practice and allowed the students who felt ill to rest while others were instructed to leave school for the day. The local weather station reported that the temperature in Itoshima City had risen to 28.2 degrees Celsius by 11:30 AM. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230601\/5010020440.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153991\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_hot-day-itoshima_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Heatstroke Hits Itoshima High School: 23 Hospitalized\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_hot-day-itoshima_2023_WEB.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_hot-day-itoshima_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fnn_hot-day-itoshima_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before noon on the 1st, at a high school in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, 32 students reported feeling unwell while rehearsing for a sports festival. Of these, 23 were rushed to the hospital under&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":153994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-153998","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/153998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}