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Miyagi prefecture pharmacists pre-positioned heat-rash powder dispensers in designated evacuation halls before Sunday’s equinox blackout drill, pairing prickly-heat guidance with municipal cooling plans for elders who cannot easily shower during simulated outages.
Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Center opened afternoon neurology intake slots after Silver Week left memory-clinic referrals stacked, routing stable cognitive complaints to nurse-led triage while keeping stroke pathways unchanged.
Osaka University Hospital opened a same-day cardiac MRI triage lane for inbound travelers during Silver Week, routing stable chest-pain cases away from emergency CT queues while keeping interpreter slots for unstable patients.
MHLW told prefectural health directors to adopt a two-step outdoor triage card aligned with its 2024 clinical guideline before Silver Week festivals, pairing WBGT thresholds with rapid cooling kits for volunteer medics.
The Japan Federation of Medical Workers Unions pressed MHLW and prefectural hospitals to raise night-shift premiums and cap consecutive late shifts as acute beds stayed above 90 percent occupancy through September.
Nikkei Friday 64,011.34 still last. Chunichi won 1-0 in eleven. Monday 9:00 JST has not opened.
