Three lions die at Tokyo’s Tama Zoo amid heat wave

Mugi, a female lion at Tama Zoo in Tokyo, has died following a heat wave in July. | COURTESY OF TOKYO ZOOLOGICAL PARK SOCIETY Aug 4, 2026 Three lions have died at a Tokyo zoo and several more have fallen ill, most likely due to extreme heat, following several weeks of record-breaking temperatures across Japan.The park’

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Three lions at a zoo in Tokyo have died since late July of suspected heat-related causes amid sweltering summer temperatures, the met