{"id":166025,"date":"2024-10-07T10:20:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T01:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=166025&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-10-07T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T01:20:57","slug":"school-gyms-lack-ac-shelter-role","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/school-gyms-lack-ac-shelter-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka School Gyms Lack AC Despite Shelter Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 8.3% of public high school gyms and 1.6% of elementary and middle school gyms in Fukuoka Prefecture are equipped with air conditioning, despite their use as evacuation shelters during disasters. As heat-related illnesses remain a serious concern, the government has committed to halving heatstroke deaths by 2030 and is pushing for air conditioning installation in schools. However, high installation and maintenance costs are a significant hurdle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While some areas like Miyawaka City have fully installed AC units in all schools, larger cities such as Fukuoka City have yet to implement air conditioning, citing poor energy efficiency in gym structures. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20241003\/5010025789.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166026\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_schoolgym-photoac_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka School Gyms Lack AC Despite Shelter Role\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_schoolgym-photoac_2024_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_schoolgym-photoac_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_schoolgym-photoac_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_schoolgym-photoac_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from Photo AC\u00a0<\/span><\/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>Only 8.3% of public high school gyms and 1.6% of elementary and middle school gyms in Fukuoka Prefecture are equipped with air conditioning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":166027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-166025","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/166025","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=166025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}