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The mercury is expected to hit dangerously high levels in Japan on Sunday, with weather authorities issuing heatstroke alerts in 19 prefectures nationwide, including this year's first for central Tokyo and Kanagawa. With climate change driving up temperatures across the globe, Japan will experience a heat wave between Sunday and July 14 on a 'level only seen once in a decade,' the Meteorological Agency said last week. The highest temperatures are expected to reach the mid to high 30s in wide areas of the country, including 37 degrees Celsius in Nagoya, 36 C in Fukuoka, Osaka and Kochi and 35 C in Hiroshima and Tokyo, according to Weathernews. The Japan Association of Athletics Federations, which is holding its three-day national championship in Kunitachi, western Tokyo, shifted schedules for events on Sunday after doing the same on Friday and Saturday. It has delayed some events scheduled during the day to the evening hours. The Japan Sport Association advises all sports events to be canceled when the heat index — which takes temperatures, humidity and solar radiation into consideration — reaches 31. Tokyo is forecast to see its heat index rise to 32 at 3 p.m. on Sunday. The summer heat has arrived ahead of schedule this year due to an early end of the rainy season in many parts of the country, particularly in western Japan. In the Chugoku, Shikoku and Kinki regions, as well as northern Kyushu, the rainy season was declared over in late June, which was nearly 20 days earlier than usual and the earliest on record, according to agency data. Global warming has pushed up atmospheric air temperatures across the globe, the agency says, noting that the Pacific high-pressure system extending more strongly toward Japan and prevailing westerly winds meandering further north have contributed to the early end of the rainy season, which normally lasts through mid-July. Japan experienced its hottest June ever, with the average monthly temperature being 2.34 C higher than the standard value, according to the agency.
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10 hours ago
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Japan braces for another day of scorching heat
People in western and eastern Japan, as well as other regions, are advised to stay alert to symptoms of heatstroke. Scorching heat continues, with temperatures expected to rise to 35 degrees Celsius or higher. The Meteorological Agency says a high-pressure system is likely to cover western Japan and elsewhere, bringing mostly sunny and hot weather on Sunday. Daytime highs are forecast to reach 37 degrees in the cities of Nagoya, Kyoto and Kofu, 36 degrees in the cities of Hiroshima and Takamatsu, and 35 degrees in central Tokyo and the cities of Okayama and Fukuoka. The mercury is likely to hit 34 degrees in Osaka and Yamagata cities, and 33 degrees in the cities of Toyama and Matsue. Authorities have issued a heatstroke alert for the following prefectures: Tokyo, excluding the Izu and Ogasawara Islands, Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Aichi, Mie, Wakayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, and all prefectures in Kyushu, excluding Kagoshima Prefecture's Amami region. This is the first alert of the season issued for Tokyo and Kanagawa. People are advised to use air conditioners as needed, take liquids and salt and rest frequently when working outside. Meanwhile, atmospheric conditions are likely to become unstable, especially along mountains in western and eastern Japan, due partly to rising temperatures and damp air. Weather officials say localized downpours with thunder may fall, and are also calling for caution against lightning strikes, gusty winds and hail.
