Why are 'human fridges' being sold in Japan?

The development

As Japan swelters through extreme summer heat, BBC Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries out a new way to cool down

Why human matters

This development in human, fridges, sold, japan matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that BBC and others have been working from.

What led here

BBC notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around human.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial angle

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of human, fridges, sold, japan: As Japan swelters through extreme summer heat, BBC Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries out a new way to cool down.