There's a reason we all feel so tired this week.Everyone – and I mean, everyone – I’ve spoken to this week has remarked on how tired they’ve felt.
I’ve felt it too. That level of bone-deep exhaustion that makes you feel like you could simply drop to the floor and drift off to sleep, even thought it’s 1pm.
And it turns out there’s a relatively simple explanation as to why there’s been this level of collective fatigue, especially in areas impacted by last week’s extreme heatwave.
In Japan – where the summers tend to be hot but also very humid (a bit like last week’s heatwave) – ...


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