Japan considering daylight saving time for 2020 Olympics amid heat concerns

TOKYO: Japan is considering adopting daylight saving time next year and during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to allow sporting events to be held during the cooler hours of the early morning, the Sankei newspaper reported on Monday, citing several sources.

Under the proposal, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party would bring clocks forward by two hours between June and August next year on a trial basis next year, to iron out any problems with the change, ahead of a similar implementation during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the paper said. — Reuters