Fijian rugby player dies after suffering suspected heatstroke in Japan

AFP-JIJI - Professional Fijian rugby player Saimoni ⁠Vunilagi, 26, died after suffering suspected heatstroke during training with his team in southern Japan, the side said in a statement ​on Saturday.The back rower was ‌sent to ‌the hospital on Monday with symptoms ​consistent with severe heatstroke after training with his Fukuoka-based Kyushu Electric Power ⁠Kyuden Voltex —known as Kyushu KV. He passed ⁠away on Friday morning, the club said.Japan has experienced an ​intense heatwave in ⁠recent weeks, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius ⁠in some ​cities in what the government ​has newly designated as a “brutally hot ​day.”