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TOKYO: Japan sizzled under sweltering, life-threatening heat on Wednesday (Jul 22), with temperatures expected to top 40°C in some cities in what the government has newly designated as a "brutally hot day".
The weather agency issued heat stroke alerts for much of the country, forecasting a second straight day of "kokushobi" - literally meaning brutally hot day - with temperatures expected to reach 40°C in Kumagaya, north of Tokyo, and Nagoya, in central Japan.
Authorities urged residents to use air conditioning liberally, hydrate regularly and avoid spending long hours outdoors.
Japan has experienced increasingly severe summers in recent years, with the country recording its all-time high temperature of 41.8°C last year.
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