Fishmongers at Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji tuna auction are feeling the heat as the ageing market’s air conditioners struggle to keep up with a heatwave blanketing the country. The dilapidated market is due to close later this year, and will relocate to a new, modern site.But in the meantime wholesalers have been forced to take measures including keeping their pricey produce in cool trucks until moments before auction.

Japan heatwave threatens famed tuna auction. (2018, August 5). Manila Bulletin, p. 5.