A city in eastern Japan logged the country’s highest temperature for a June day on Saturday, breaking above 40 Celsius, the weather bureau said.
The heat wave, which the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) expects to persist throughout the summer, came as the government called on households and businesses to save electricity to avoid a possible power crunch until September.
A weather station recorded a temperature of 40.2 degree Celsius (104.36F) on Saturday afternoon, in Isesaki, a city 85 kilometres (53 miles) northwest of Tokyo, according to JMA.
The figure broke the previous record of Japan’s hottest June day – 39.8 degrees observed on June 24, 2011.
