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Japan in the midst of a heat wave Tokyo is also sweltering every day
July 17, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - The main street in otherwise bustling Tokyo's Ginza shopping area is less crowded as the scorching summer sun brings the mid-afternoon temperature over 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, July 17, 2011.
Heatstroke cases in Japan have shot up in the early summer as many air-conditioners have been switched off amid an energy saving national drive following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. More than 13,000 people were rushed to hospital by ambulance in June and the beginning of July. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO [3615] -mis-.
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