Japanรขโฌโขs prime minister Shinzo Abe has instructed the countryรขโฌโขs ruling Liberal Democratic Party to conduct a study into the introduction of daylight saving time for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The Games are scheduled for July and August – Tokyoรขโฌโขs hottest and most humid months – and there are concerns over athlete safety during the intense heat.
The Japan Times reports that Olympic officials are รขโฌลconsidering a plan to move clocks two hours forwardรขโฌย, but the public and business sectors are divided over the plans. The BBC says the proposal has seen รขโฌลmajor opposition on social media with many worried it would result in longer working hoursรขโฌย.
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